More than 100 jobs will be added to WA’s priority occupation list as part of bid to try and entice foreign workers to fill a raft of gaping holes in the State.
Driving instructors, hairdressers, butchers, panel beaters, property managers and staff from just about every branch of the medical profession are in hot demand in WA as the State suffers from a dire skills shortage. Western Australia with its capital in Perth suffered from a grave shortage of skilled workers after going through a strict lockdown to protect the State from the COVID pandemic. Now that the lockdown is relaxed, Perth is ready to bounce back.
While the Federal Government sets the minimum visa requirements for overseas workers using a points-based system, each State is able to apply additional criteria.
WA will bin its current $200 application fee and halve the requirement for 12-month employment contract for workers coming to Perth.