Calls for NSW major parties to fix skills shortage with focus on unemployed youth in Western Sydney

Business owner Simon Grima is concerned that less workers are being trained in vocational skills. (ABC News: Danuta Kozaki)

Both major parties need to do more to help with the current skills shortage, especially among young unemployed people in Western Sydney, the small business peak body says.

The chair of the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Matthew Addison says that while the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the number of international workers coming into the country, it also saw a slowing in training locals.