The federal government has been urged to consider allowing up to 200,000 migrants a year into Australia and remove the "red tape" employers face when hiring skilled workers overseas.
"Daily Mail" reported on the 7th that the chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, McKeller, said that the labor shortage in the Australian economy was the worst in nearly 50 years, and he asked the government to take measures.
He believes a key reason Australian businesses continue to struggle is that employers are unable to find the skilled workers they need among local residents.
McKellar urged the Albanes government to increase permanent immigration rates so that there would be a "massive and sustainable" population of 200,000 people a year to fill skilled job vacancies.
"One of the most viable options in this situation is obviously to reduce the burden, the bureaucracy and the red tape and the additional cost of being able to respond quickly and get people into the country," he said.
The migration package announced in the 2022-2023 federal budget plans to have 109,000 of the 160,000 immigration cap as skilled migrants, meaning about 68 per cent of migrants will move specifically for work, according to Home Office figures.
If the total immigration limit was increased to 200,000, the same percentage could have 136,250 skilled immigrants.
The 2021-2022 federal budget only plans to recruit 79,000 skilled migrants.
(Compiled by Wang Yuqing)