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Businesses under pressure due to a chronic staff shortage

NACA Feature, Coronavirus, COVID-19, employment, business,

Sydney cafe owner Anthony Iacono Source: SBS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that unemployment is still at only 4.6 per cent - even though nearly 140,000 people lost their jobs last month. But businesses are grappling with staff shortages due to the pandemic-induced closure of international borders causing a plunge in Australia's migrant intake.


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By Jennifer Scherer

Presented by Vase Kocev

Source: SBS




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The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that unemployment is still at only 4.6 per cent - even though nearly 140,000 people lost their jobs last month. But businesses are grappling with staff shortages due to the pandemic-induced closure of international borders causing a plunge in Australia's migrant intake.



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