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Skilled Migrants in High Demand For Next Mining Boom-

Western Australia Faces Labor Crunch…

Posted On : 30 October,2010

Foreign workers have always been in high demand in Australia and it is believed that to overcome the shortage of workers, Western Australia is looking to increase the number of skilled workers. In the wake of the next mining boom, the Western Australia (WA) Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) claims that the Australian government must augment skilled immigration so as to deal with labor demand shortages.

Confirming the scenario, CCI's Dana Mason said, "CCI's predicting we'll need an additional 500,000 workers here in the state over the next ten years but we're likely to fall well short of this number." Adding further, she posited that in the absence of the additional overseas workers, inflation and the cost of doing business would swell.

Lt. Col. BS Sandhu, CMD, WWICS commented, “To cash in on the opportunity, it is recommended that workers should apply promptly under the General Skilled Migration program.This points-based immigration system of Australia has gained immense popularity and has helped the Land Down Under to have a vast pool of skilled migration.”

The workers can also get sponsored from the employers and apply under various employment-based immigration schemes to reach Australia.