Australia to restore migrant intake to bolster post-lockdown recovery
Govt flags plans to accept 160,000 a year as easing of measures sparks economic surge
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Jonathan Pearlman For The Straits Times In Sydney, Jonathan Pearlman
Australia is set to restore its migration intake to pre-pandemic levels as it faces a drastic lack of workers that is threatening its post-lockdown recovery.
As the country this week finally reopened its borders to skilled workers and international students, the federal government flagged plans to accept 160,000 migrants a year.