Halls Creek TAFE struggles amid staff shortages as leaders call for more training

Leaders say the TAFE facility in Halls Creek is often closed despite a desperate need for training. (Supplied)

As an outback town struggles with a worker shortage, leaders have vented frustration at the local TAFE campus which they say often sits unmanned with the gate padlocked.

The remote Kimberley town of Halls Creek sits on the fringe of the Great Sandy Desert and about 70 per cent of people there are Indigenous.