Mike's Minute: Is the Government finally waking up to our labour crisis?

Best of Business · Oct 12, 2022 · 1m

In general, the Government seem to have got the memo on immigration.

Another loosening was announced by Michael Wood yesterday. But I say in general because as we have discovered, this lot are a mixture of incompetent and Machiavellian.

So, we have the skilled visa category reopening, about time. The parents visa being adjusted is not as big a deal.

And we have "consultation“. Watch that, because it normally spells trouble. But we have consultation on a new uncapped and simplified points system. That, if it comes to anything, is the key.

We have never seen a crisis the likes of which we face…