This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
It’s the next immigration problem that should worry investors
Labor’s 10-year immigration plan needs to be seen through the prism of a global fight for skills.
- James Thomson
Steel, concrete shortages ‘threaten housing, clean energy projects’
Steel imports have been rising, sparking concerns that infrastructure projects could again become vulnerable to global supply chain glitches.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Immigration
Migration strategy is to turn around the backwards system
Immigration returning to normal after the catch-up is an opportunity to rebalance the program towards the skills we need to tackle Australia’s challenges.
- Clare O'Neil
‘Non-genuine’ foreign students to be weeded out
The student visa system will be overhauled with the focus on quality students and providers, but numbers won’t be capped.
- Julie Hare
Bosses hiring more white-collar workers based overseas
A software engineer can earn $169,000 in Australia but the same job is paid $75,000 in India.
- Euan Black
Sydney is No.1 for these accountant arrivals as border stoush heats up
Australia’s migration surge comes at a particularly challenging time for the housing market, and the government is caught in the middle.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy and Michael Read
November
Don’t politicise migration, business warns politicians
Australia is set to rely on foreign workers to fill 880,000 roles in industries including health, housing, engineering and technology.
- Tom McIlroy
Desperate for staff, Moulin Rouge lures talent with a free show
The musical is struggling to replace any technical crew that leave, so it is putting out the call in the hope of luring fresh talent.
- Michael Bailey
Accounting firms look offshore amid ongoing talent drought
Accounting firm leaders are still having trouble hiring and retaining quality staff, and are increasingly sending work offshore to countries with low labour costs.
- Edmund Tadros
Wary employers ignore bank of international talent
Overseas students are attracted to Australia thanks to generous visas that allow them to stay and work after graduation. The problem is, employers won’t give them a go.
- Julie Hare
October
- Exclusive
- Pay
The 10 jobs that landed the biggest pay increases last year
Project engineers, customer service workers and market research analysts are among the occupations that secured the largest pay rises in 2022-23.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- International students
A waste of talent: international graduates struggle to find work
Only a third of international students gained full-time work in their field of study after graduating, 40 per cent are stuck in low-skill jobs, and it’s worse if you’re from China.
- Ly Tran, George Tan and Xuchun Liu
- Opinion
- Australian economy
How to get fiscal dividend from a jobs, skills and training virtuous cycle
Reforms in vocational and higher education, and migration, can realistically aim to promote economic growth and would more than repay the upfront investment cost.
- Peter Dawkins
Worker shortage forces Snowy 2.0 to get creative with recruitment
The massive project needs to fill 300 positions in three months, and another 1500 over its life. That’s creating a boom – and a shortfall – for other employers.
- Jenny Wiggins and Angela Macdonald-Smith
September
Australia falls outside the top 10 in global war for talent
Australia has been placed 18th out of 64 in a global ranking assessing how countries attract, retain and educate talent.
- Euan Black
Big uni targets eroded as students vote with their feet
Education Minister Jason Clare’s ambition to double the number of people with a degree is in stark contrast to a trend of people choosing work or TAFE before university.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Skills
Why being a tradie might be a better option than uni
University enrolments are declining as potential students opt for trades in a heated labour market that is delivering big salaries – without student debt.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Employment
Why a job can be a fast track into poverty
Low-value jobs and mutual obligation requirements for young people on the dole often perversely make them less employable, not more.
- Julie Hare
Sophie was going to be a singer, instead she’s digging up rocks
Students like Sophie Allen are choosing degrees based on the contribution they can make to slowing global warming.
- Julie Hare
When three local hires didn’t last, this Juan worked
Neue Media boss Vanessa Lai found it hard to fill the digital analysis job she had going. Then migrant Juan Gomez came along.
- Euan Black
