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Jobs in Demand List? - Australia - Truck drivers, next to be added to Migration Occupations
Australia -Australian Visa Bureau -7 July 2006: -- Nick Grimm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting that Australia's trucking industy is lobbying the Government to have truck drivers recognised as skilled workers... According to the latest official figures, more than 150 foreign workers are arriving here every day in response to the nation's shortage of skilled workers. Now the transport industry wants to deal itself into the game, arguing there aren't enough trained truck drivers to keep the wheels turning, underscoring just how widespread the shortage really is... The problem for the industry is that truck drivers are regarded as only semi-skilled, making foreign drivers ineligible under the Federal Government's skilled migration rules. But the union is arguing that the industry move is part of a strategy to drive down wages, and adds to the concern that Australia will simply end up with more and more low-paid foreign workers... According to official forecasts, Australia's total freight workload is expected to double in the next 15 years...
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