Skills shortages partly exacerbated by backlog of visas

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there are “massive skills shortages in this country” which have been partly exacerbated by the backlog of visa applications.

“Part of that is about the gutting of the public service and the failure to simply process people,” he said during a media conference on Thursday afternoon.

“Whether it be for skilled work visas, whether it be for permanent visas, whether it be visitor visas.”