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Jobs going begging in sunshine state

COVID-related border restrictions, reduced skilled migration, and interstate competition for workers has created a perfect storm of labour shortages in Queensland’s resources sector at a time of continued growth, the Queensland Resources Council’s latest state of the sector report claims.

 QRC CEO Ian Macfarlane

QRC CEO Ian Macfarlane

According to the latest employment data from Seek, there are more than 1300 resources jobs on offer in Queensland, with 70% paying upwards of $100,000 per year, with the shortage of skilled workers posing...

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