Ross Clennett

Bunnings busts talent 'shortage' by hiring an 87 year-old (who's still there 4 years later)

Ross Clennett
Jun 23, 2022
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The recent labour market squeeze has employers and employer groups predictably call on the Federal Government for more, and faster, immigration to assist them employ the workers they need but (supposedly) can't find.

Immigration has been one of the primary policy levers used by (predominantly) first-world governments to expand a country’s labour supply.

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