Parliamentary report warns of 'persistent skill shortages' as half a million migrants leave Australia

The report is pushing for changes to Australia's skilled migration program to overcome the challenge of major labour shortages caused by the pandemic.

Exploitation, wage theft rife for temporary visa holders, report says Source: Kagenm/Getty

Highlights

• Half a million migrants have left Australia since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the nation early last year, many of whom were skilled workers, according to a new parliamentary report.
• Net overseas migration continues to be in negative territory with a further 77,000 people expected to leave Australia in the 2021-22 financial year, Committee Chair and Liberal MP Julian Leeser wrote in the report. 
• Among the report’s recommendations call for the government to make it easier for skilled migrants to get permanent residency.

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