The Australian Hotels Association (WA) commends the WA Government’s swift response to last week’s Skills Summit, with their announcement today of a number of policies to address labour shortages, including a $4 million campaign to encourage Eastern state residents to move to WA.
Australian Hotels Association (WA) CEO Bradley Woods said the AHA had advocated strongly for the interstate recruitment campaign as an immediate measure to alleviate skills shortages across WA’s hotels, pubs, bars, taverns and restaurants.
“There has never been a better time for current or future hospitality workers to relocate to WA and a targeted campaign will highlight the many opportunities that we have in Perth and regional areas.”
“Now more than ever, WA has demonstrated it is the best place in Australia to live, so the idea of moving here to take up rewarding career opportunities is a proposition that essentially sells itself.”
“We also welcome a number of other commitments Premier McGowan announced today including the expansion of the Adult Apprentice Employer Incentive and the application to the Federal Government for an additional 5,000 onshore places under the State Nominated Migration Program.”
“It is extremely encouraging to see the WA Government acting so quickly after the WA Skills Summit – this is an indication that they recognise the scale of the problem facing local businesses.”
“We also look forward to investigating ways in which workers moving from interstate can access relocation assistance to further incentivise them to take up work in WA.”
“Addressing labour shortages will require short and long term commitments from Government but today’s announcement is an important and rapid step in the right direction.”
