As firms struggle to find candidates for critical posts, Alan Jones has urged Australians receiving welfare payments to become active and find employment.
On Tuesday, the broadcaster discussed a staffing shortfall during his evening show on the internet streaming platform ADH TV.
Everywhere I turn, I run into companies of all sizes waving their hands in the air and complaining that they can’t get employees,’ Jones said.
And it affects every industry; it is not business-specific. Australia has a labor shortage.
‘Today, we discover that Sydney City is experiencing an issue with rubbish collection. Waste and unfilled containers are accumulating all throughout the city. rat-infested garbage The issue? staffing issues.
He asked, “Where are the Australians on welfare?”
Why don’t they raise their hands and offer their assistance?
“Businesses cannot continue operating with this widespread labor scarcity.”
In the film, Jones claimed that the “necessary restriction of our borders” during the Covid epidemic had resulted in the “consequence” of the labor shortage.
Jones, however, claimed that since international borders were reopened six months ago, there has been a “state of congestion” in the ability to govern foreigners entering Australia.
“Persons need visas. Budget cuts were made in the March budget for the department of home affairs, which issues visas, and the Australian Border Force, which oversees our airports. How perceptive was that?
Compared to when the epidemic began, “the mobility of competent permanent residents is about half the amount it was.”
Simply put, there is a major labor shortage, and international movements haven’t recovered enough to fill that shortage, he continued.
The broadcaster then focused on the government’s initiatives to address shortages and the “gridlocked” visa application procedure.
Anthony Albanese, the prime minister, and Andrew Giles, the minister of immigration, have all made commitments to reducing the backlog of applications, reassigning government employees to processing, and creating a new visa system.
However, Jones said that the system needs immediate repair because the procedure is too slow.
According to reports, there are about 500,000 open positions, but tens of thousands of visa requests are still pending, he said.
The processing time for a SC482 temporary visa ranges from 30 days to more than 15 months.
A short-term temporary skilled visa is approved in 83 days, but one-fourth of the applications take longer than a year to process.