Despite soaring demand for engineers, qualified migrants in Australia can't find jobs | ABC New

Multi-billion dollar infrastructure spending aimed at helping the economy bounce back from COVID has made engineers a hot commodity in Australia.
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But despite a big increase in job vacancies, a new report finds almost half the qualified migrant engineers already here can't find a job. Social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant reports.

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