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Visa overhaul will alleviate labour shortage in construction but peak body warns that domestic capability is still lacking
Australia’s $230bn infrastructure pipeline, the energy transition and plans to build 1.2m new homes are under threat from a shortfall of 229,000 workers, Infrastructure Australia has warned.
Infrastructure Australia’s chief executive, Adam Copp, has called on the government “to urgently boost the pipeline of workers into the sector” while releasing its market capacity report, the third such update warning of labour shortages.
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