Job is in front of us: Mildura faces imminent workforce shortfall in the thousands, says Peter Crisp

Sunraysia Daily

MILDURA faces a labour shortfall into the thousands within two years unless educational and training institutions step up to the plate, State Parliament has been told.Member for Mildura Peter Crisp this week said that even with hundreds of fly-in, fly-out workers, about 1000 unemployed residents and about 1400 students entering the workforce, the region would […]

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