Opinion: Worker drought: Job ads soar but no one’s applying | EKnightOfficial
called out last week that wages growth could pick up to its highest pace in years as the economy recovers from the COVID era and the labour market tightens.
Australia has its own peculiar reasons for staff supply shortages - its fortress Australia position. The closure of state and international borders for almost two years has deprived businesses access to lower paid travellers and students but also the opportunity to top up skilled workers needed through immigration.
The evidence of the labour supply squeeze is now clear enough. But there is another layer to this issue that goes beyond just a lack of worker mobility that comes courtesy of border closures and the immigration drought.
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