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at 11:30 am on April 23, 2021 | 9 comments
As we know, the Morrison Government is readying for a quick return of mass immigration at the earliest opportunity.
The Government’s
Interim Report of the Inquiry into Australia’s Skilled Migration Program recommended opening the migrant floodgates via:
Abolishing labour market testing requirements.
Lowering costs and speeding up approval times for importing foreign workers.
Expanding the skilled occupation list to include almost any role.
Providing all ‘skilled’ visa holders with a clear pathway for transition to permanent residency.
Granting ‘skilled’ visa holders priority access to flights and hotel quarantine ahead of stranded Australians.
Link Daintree Ecolodge Resort recently advertised in New Zealand for hospitality and housekeeping staff to try and address its shortage.
Photo: Brian Cassey No city hotels would be operating at true full capacity at the moment, said Dean Long, chief executive of the Accommodation Association of Australia. He says that when a hotel says it s fully occupied, it s stating the truth. But hotels may have been forced to artificially lower capacity in order to ensure rooms are serviced adequately. Hotels need a certain number of housekeeping staff to adhere to health and safety regulations - so keeping rooms open with greatly reduced cleaning staff is not an option.
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