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January 24, 2010 Australia – It is expected that the reconstruction efforts in flood-stricken Queensland would make it more difficult to recruit skilled labor for the Australian building industry. With this current happening, the industry stakeholders are calling for skilled immigration from other countries. Finding resolution to this issue, the country has introduced few changes in the Australian immigration policy to help Australia focus on allowing the needed high-skilled professionals in the country.

Australian business associates have called on the federal government to secure immigration rules do not adversely affect their ability to hire skilled workers coming from different nations. Harley Dale, the Housing Industry Association chief economist said that the government should consider the changes to its immigration programs. The reconstruction effort by the government was likely to exacerbate skills shortages.

The latest news about the floods in Queensland is expected to cost billions of dollars and can pull in workers from other Australian states. It is said that this low unemployment suffering by the country make it more likely that skills gaps will form across Australia and affect peripheral industries – even tourism industry.

Also, starting next July, recruitment of trades’ people got even more difficult in the future. New rules will go into place by July and that make it harder for people with skilled trade experience to obtain a visa under the General Migration program.
Hence, there will be an independent body involved in preparing the review of a more targeted list of skilled workers every year. It said that the new policy will make it imperative for the prospective Australian immigrant to possess better skills in English language. This will also cut the chance of immigrants to obtain permanent residency especially those students since the jobs for which they are getting education will not be included on the new skilled list.

source:
au.greekreporter