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SKILLED MIGRANTS A BOON FOR REGIONAL WORKFORCE Research says no threat to local jobs By LYDIA PEDRANA
even if they were trained, to do the work. “We have no evidence, from all the studies we’ve done, which is quite significant, showing (temporary migration) has negatively impacted on local employment opportunities, so Australian workers are not under threat and all the data surrounding that just proves they’re not.” Local beekeeper, Dwayne Sykes, from Outback Honey, has seen first-hand the value of hiring temporary skilled migrants and believes his industry wouldn’t survive without them. “We’ve had some (tem-
AUSSIE workers, including those in Dubbo and across the region, can rest assured that migrants are neither taking their jobs nor undercutting their pay. Contrary to some belief, new research released by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has revealed immigrants and temporary skilled migrants pose no threat to the jobs and wages of Australian workers. Further, the report – titled Effects of Temporary Migration – found that migration to Australia in recent decades has been positive for the labour market and that temporary skilled migration is critical in delivering benefits to the local economy and workforce. John Walkom, chair of Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana, said temporary skilled migrants are essential for the future of our region. “We have some statistics that show the level of required John Walkom, chair of Regional employees over the Development Australia (RDA) next five years (in Orana the region), and the only way you’re going to porary migrants) from fill those roles is through the Philippines, back migrant workers,” the ex- in the day we had some perienced local business- from Ukraine, Estonia, a man and regional advo- couple from Peru, a realcate told Dubbo Photo ly broad range,” he told News. Dubbo Photo News. “We (Australia) just don’t have the numbers,
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Fly me to the moon
PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS/SOPHIE ROUSE, ARTWORK DANI CRUM
NINE-YEAR-OLD E YEAR OL LD Dubbo Dubb bbo Drama Club member Charlotte Hall wants to be a vet or zoologist when she grows up, but 50 years ago at the height of the space race and the first moon landing, you’d be hard pressed to find any kid who didn’t want to be an astronaut. The 50th anniversary of the 1969
moon landing will be marked this weekend globally, including just a little way up the road at the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope – “The Dish” which was the first place on Earth to receive the historic moon landing footage. The event was then seen by mil-
lions in their homes, and homes schools an shop windows. One Dubbo woman excitedly wrote a letter to her daughter as she watched the historic story unfold in her living room. Her daughter has kept that letter to this day.
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