Canberra employers scouring the country and overseas for employees are competing with the remainder of the western world which is suffering a skills drought.
Western Australia needs 18,000 extra workers every year
Skill shortages are set to remain a feature of the labour market, the report concludes, due to the strength of the economy and the ageing workforce. Many of these occupations are on the Australia Skilled Occupation List and the Australia MODL (Migration Occupations in Demand List), which entitles people applying for Australian immigration to extra points.