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Politics
Tess Ikonomou

Infrastructure boom drives skills and labour shortage

Australia's labour shortage is threatening on-time and on-budget infrastructure projects. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A construction boom across multiple Australian states will widen a skills and labour gap, with the nation already short of more than 200,000 infrastructure workers.

The latest snapshot by Infrastructure Australia shows some regional areas in NSW, the Northern Territory and South Australia will experience significant investment.

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