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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Massive worker shortfall threatens plans to build 1.2m new homes, Infrastructure Australia warns

Worker using tape measure at building site
Unions have welcomed Labor’s migration strategy but business has complained that trades have been excluded from the specialist pathway. Photograph: Getty Images

Australia’s $230bn infrastructure pipeline, the energy transition and plans to build 1.2m new homes are under threat from a shortfall of 229,000 workers, Infrastructure Australia has warned.

Infrastructure Australia’s chief executive, Adam Copp, has called on the government “to urgently boost the pipeline of workers into the sector” while releasing its market capacity report, the third such update warning of labour shortages.

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