Released on: 23, August 2007
, Author: The Age
, Audience: Internet related
World Bank president Bob Zoellick says it is "absolutelycritical" that Australia open its gates to migrant workers from its South Pacificneighbours.
"Labour mobility is absolutely critical to the long-term development of the SouthPacific," Mr Zoellick told Fairfax newspapers.
"I don't know about Australia's visa and immigration rules but labour mobility willbe important for remittances and skills" in neighbour countries.
Mr Zoellick said the move would boost the fledgling economies in neighbouringcountries such as Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and East Timor.
Foreign workers brought temporarily to Australia would return to their countrieswith new skills, while they were also able to send their pay packets home to theirfamilies.
They could fill low-skilled jobs including those now utilised by foreignback-packers, including seasonal fruit picking in regional areas.
Mr Zoellick is in Sydney for a meeting with finance ministers for the Asia PacificEconomic Co-Operation forum countries.
Leighton chief executive Wal King has also called for a larger and more targetedworking visa scheme, in an address to the Infrastructure Partnerships Australiaconference.
He said Australia had a shortage of truck drivers, and he pointed to the UK'smigration model which has eased visa restrictions on workers with in-demand skills.
"Things are going to get worse ... the talent pool is shrinking," Mr King says in ofThe Australian Financial Review.
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