Woodside Head Warns of Australian Skills ShortagesLisa Valentine | Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 at 9:49 am<br />
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Dan Voelte head of Woodside Petroleum.<br />
The head of one of Australia’s biggest industries today warned that the country is heading for major skill shortages that would damage Australia’s economy.<br />
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Don Voelte is head of Woodside Petroleum, one of Australia’s biggest energy industries in oil and gas. Woodside have also announced plans to expand their gas fields, which would create thousands of new jobs.<br />
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Major new expansion projects include Gorgon, Browse and Pluto which Voelte say will need thousands of skilled workers and if the workers are not available then the industry will suffer more, he says, than the controversial mining super tax.<br />
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According to Voelte the skills shortage that the company is suffering is so bad that “about 35 per cent of the 4,000 workers on the Pluto gas project in the Pilbara were forced to be fly-in, fly-out workers who are based in the eastern states.”<br />
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The Federal Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, has according to a report by International Business Times, acknowledged the skilled worker crisis and has said that the Australian Immigration Department will react accordingly. He has promised that changes being brought about in the Australian immigration program will ensure that employers get the right skilled workers when they need them, “we’re trying to get to an employer-driven scheme where they bring in the skills they need.” He said.<br />
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<strong>One of the changes the DIAC are considering is the controversial amendment to the Australian visa capping and ceasing Bill which is expected to be passed in a week’s time. This will give the Senator the power to cap and cease individual attributes in visa applications rather than having to cap or cease entire visa subclasses.</strong><br />
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作者: wyfjz98951 时间: 2010-6-9 11:34
石油公司老总在表达对技术工人短缺后，提到了新的Capping Bill 通过时间。
作者: 5200dmwkcv 时间: 2010-6-9 18:23
fly in fly out的工作其实很不错，国内搞爆破的工程师，来这里搞矿业轻松一年就是20万税前，工作压力也不大，就是到处点点炸药。
This will give the Senator the power to cap and cease individual attributes in visa applications rather than having to cap or cease entire visa subclasses.!!!