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Mining Giants Australian Skills Shortage
MINING giants will get streamlined access to overseas workers for new mega projects.
A blueprint to ease Australian resource industry skills shortages, unveiled today, will introduce new enterprise-wide migration agreements to help firms bring in foreign tradesmen when skilled local workers cannot be found.
The plan includes 1000 apprenticeship places for experienced but unqualified workers to get full trade qualifications in 18 months.
A $200 million critical skills investment fund will also be established, in partnership with industry, to boost training opportunities.
Skills and Jobs Minister Chris Evans said the aim was to get unemployed and unskilled Australians into training and jobs.
Fantastic news for Australians with new places becoming availible for experienced but unqualified workers to now be able to get full trade qualifications.
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The planned new Australian Mine
Deputy Premier, Treasurer and State Development Minister Andrew Fraser said the $6.6 billion project by Hancock Galilee Pty Ltd (Hancock) could create long-term job opportunities for the state.
Australian mining investment surges despite economy, tax concerns
Investment in Australian mining could surpass A$80-billion by 2015, despite concerns over the global economy and the introduction of new taxes on carbon, iron-ore and coal mining profits, an independent economic forecaster and analyst said on Monday.
Olympic Dam mega-mine opens new job opportunities
BHP Billiton's plan to create the world's largest open-cut mine in South Australia has won federal and state government development approval, bringing potentially enormous economic benefits.
Australian Union predicts a disastrous skills shortage in Australia
One of Australia’s largest Union’s the AMWU Queensland has predicted a disastrous skills shortage in Australia in the next five years.
Australian Mining Giant BHP Billiton plans a $48bn expansion of its iron ore operations
BHP Billiton flagged the expansion of its Pilbara region iron ore mines, ports and railways that could triple the Australian company's annual production to 480 million tonnes a year over the next decade
Is the worlds largest open cut mine going to be in Australia?
An industry source said if the Olympic Dam expansion was approved, BHP would "make the biggest order of trucks and other mining equipment in history".
