Economics
Australia Offers Visa Rebates to Students to Plug Workforce Gaps
- Government seeks 175,000 additional students and workers
- Recent data shows job vacancies in Australia at record highs
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Australia’s government will give visa rebates to students and backpackers who want to come to the country, in a bid to get them to fill a record number of job vacancies caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said visitors to Australia who enter on a student or a working holiday visa will get a rebate on their application fee. Morrison said he hoped the new arrivals would be able to help fill some of Australia’s “critical workforce shortages,” particularly in hospitality and agriculture.