Submission to the Inquiry into the Value of Skilled Migration

Master Builders Australia provides this submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration inquiry into the value of skilled migration.

While the Terms of Reference for this inquiry are broad-ranging, they fundamentally seek to examine the value of skilled migration to Australia and the scope and effectiveness of the current skilled migration settings.

Skilled migration is key to relieving the acute structural strain the building and construction industry workforce is under, yet policy settings are preventing this lever from completely unlocking its potential.