THE floods that have caused widespread damage across Queensland, NSW and Victoria will add to the increasing skills shortage issue, as labour resources are deployed to rebuild destroyed infrastructure.
The latest Clarius Skills Index -- a measure of the supply and demand of skilled labour in Australia -- showed skills shortages in construction, engineering and building professionals and trades occupations continued through to the end of last year, despite an increase in supply over the last three months.
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