January 22 2008 – Australian migration policy changes likely

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is considering making changes to the Australians migration programme to help with the skills shortages affecting the economy.

Wood side the largest independent oil and gas company in Australia told Rudd that something had to be done and they needed foreign workers to drive the expansion of the company’s North West Gas processing plant. Rudd stated that he wanted to get this problem resolved, that Australia need to manage this problem better with planning so that in the future the was a strong foundation of skilled workers for the Australian economy.

Rudd stated “To be blunt, this hasn’t been done well in recent years and we need to fix that up. That’s why we’ve undertaken to established “Skills Australia” to take a long range roadmap of what the skills needs of Australia will be long-term.” So Rudd explained that “Greater investment in skills and training, and of course calibrating the migration program as appropriate to the skills needs of this economy and the next economy.”

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