The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s Inquiry into Australia’s Skilled Migration Program. ACCI has sustained a strong involvement with migration policy over several years, providing a highly considered and evidence-based perspective on the business impacts of migration policy.
ACCI has consistently emphasised that the needs of business and the broader community must form the pillars from which Australia’s migration program is built. Alongside the important outputs from our education and training sectors, ACCI views both the temporary and permanent skilled migration programs as highly valuable components of workforce planning and development in Australia.
Skilled migration is a vital tool that assists individual businesses who experience skill shortages as well as fill skills gaps in the economy.
It provides access to skilled workers not available to the employer when they need to expand or replace a departing worker. Without this option, businesses are negatively affected, and this costs our economy as well as reduces job opportunities for Australians.
Source: Australian-Chamber-of-Commerce-and-Industry.pdf