Here is from a recent ABC 4 corners program on the so-called skills shortage. The message that came through clear to me, apart from the usual mantra of more, more, migration to solve all problems (it won’t, this is a global problem), is that the Covid lockdowns have had a profound impact upon people, who got a taste of not needing to do the daily grind to survive. And, who can blame them.If he bosses want workers, then pay them more rather than doing everything on the cheap, as if all is some great charity. People need to be paid a proper amount to create the incentive to work. I can tell you how depressing it is not to be paid one’s worth as I found working for one organisation years ago.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-17/breaking-point:-the-real-cost-of-australias-worker/14087284