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Skilled labour shortage ?

More like someone doesn’t like paying the market price for labour

Looking forward to the importation of plane loads ( business class) of resource industry executives to put some downward pressure on CEO salaries.

The supply and cost of labour is a natural limiting factor on the mining boom.

Sustainable Migration has its place but not for the purpose of enabling the marginal projects of the mining boom before the bang.