Employers seek detail on critical talent attraction areas, following migration strategy release

The simplification of the skilled migration program will likely translate to increased post-entry compliance measures, so it is important for business to understand their responsibilities in employing foreign talent, writes KPMG Immigration Lead Mark Wright.

Once considered a minor area of government policy, migration has become the seminal issue of our time. Naturally most attention has been on the numbers, with net overseas migration for the year to June hitting an unprecedented 518,087, and annual population growth of 2.4 percent for 2023. This is a difficult backdrop for the Federal Government’s migration strategy, issued before the Christmas break. We are seeing a unique confluence of factors not experienced for the past 25 years. These ...

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Authors: Mark Wright

Published Date: 06 February 2024