Push to rebuild industry risks running into Australia’s trade skills shortage

Australia’s push to back local jobs and rebuild domestic industry risks being undermined by a deepening shortage of skilled tradespeople, Earlypay CEO James Beeson has warned.  The warning follows the NSW Government’s late May introduction of Local Jobs First Commission legislation, which aims to prioritise local workers, local suppliers and local small and medium-sized businesses in governme…

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