Almost one in two trades are in shortage, putting the Albanese government’s promise to build 1.2 million homes further at risk as builders struggle to find bricklayers, carpenters and electricians amid competition from data centres and infrastructure projects.
Jobs and Skills Australia’s annual shortage list, released this week, showed that 102 of the 251 occupations that were in shortage were either engineering or trades-related, with the agency warning many of those jobs were vital to building homes.
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