Australia increases annual migration cap to 195,000; more opportunity for nurses and engineers

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Jobs and Skills Summit at Parliament House in Canberra, where the focus on its final day will be migration, and tackling labour shortages.

Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neil says the Australian government will raise its migration cap to 195,000 a year, adding 35,000 spots from the previous cap of 160,000. .



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