Aged care sector calls for clarity on Coalition's migration plan
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The aged care sector says it needs more detail about how aged care workers will be insulated from proposed cuts to migration.
Confusion has clouded the Coalition’s migration policy amid concerns it could impact the already-stretched aged care workforce. The policy's being billed as the “biggest immigration cut in Australia’s history” but Opposition leader Angus Taylor says the aged care sector will be insulated.
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The aged care sector is calling for clarity on the Coalition’s migration policy.The Coalition says it will pursue the “biggest immigration cut in Australia’s history.”Opposition leader Angus Taylor says the aged care sector will be insulated.Aged care providers rely heavily on temporary migrant labour.The union responsible for aged care says workers are already stretched.SBS News in Depth is a news analysis podcast from SBS, going behind the headlines with reporting and interviews on the stories shaping Australia and the world.
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