questioned almost 50 business leaders during the recent corporate earnings season about the economic role of immigration.Credit:More than half - including the leaders of Telstra, Woodside, Qantas, Suncorp, GPT and Australia Post - highlighted the importance of accessing skilled migrant workers, ranging from software engineers, to scientists, to welders.
Mayne Pharma chief executive Scott Richards said Australia was a "small country and we need the skills". Australia was "not flush with scientists in the pharmaceuticals area," he said, and the nation as a whole benefited if expert scientists chose to move here for their work.Gerry Harvey, Harvey Norman chairman
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce:"We need really high-skilled workers and immigration is important to get that."The chairman of Harvey Norman, Gerry Harvey, said "anyone who’s in any sort of business mostly benefits" from immigration, and therefore cutting the intake of people "will only contribute to slowing down your economy".
Skilled immigrants easier option for globalist corporations than training Australian graduates.
Conundrum for the LNP. Keep up the divisive crap or bow to their masters
'He would say that wouldn't he?' Business always want more customers -.............. to milk!
yeah of course - they reap the benefits without having to live with the corresponding overcrowding, congestion, property shortages and lower wages. Better if they start to relocate their businesses to Regional area's.
Of course it’s important to them, greater access to labour allows them to keep wages low. The benefits to high immigration for the average person are negligible.
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