WEBVTT - Are overseas tradies answer to the housing crisis?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you hire an overseas trade? Are you a boss

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<v Speaker 1>that is in a position to hire overseas trads? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>give me a quick ring one three one eight seven three.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is it that it's so hard to find trades?

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<v Speaker 1>And also why if you were a trade, why are

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<v Speaker 1>there so few traders in the trade? Where's everybody going

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<v Speaker 1>to one three one eight seven three or on the

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<v Speaker 1>text zero four six zero eight seven three eight seven three.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Australia has a massive housing demand and supply problem

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<v Speaker 1>with a huge lack of tradees and a property expert

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<v Speaker 1>Garth Davis is on the phone morning to you mate.

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<v Speaker 1>So WA have this build a life in Wa trad

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<v Speaker 1>incentive and there's ten k in involved in this too.

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<v Speaker 1>Where does that come from?

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<v Speaker 2>They offer ten thousand dollars to get people to move

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<v Speaker 2>across obviously quite a long way to come. So basically

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<v Speaker 2>they get five grand once they arrive to help them

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<v Speaker 2>with some in costs, and then there's a five grand

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<v Speaker 2>later on once they place for a period of time.

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<v Speaker 2>So it has been very successful so far, particularly with

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<v Speaker 2>people of New Zealand where some of their constructions slowed

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit. They've got they've got ability and

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<v Speaker 2>access of excessive workers there and getting them to Western Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>And so far, so good. We're working really well.

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<v Speaker 2>They seem to have had five main top occupations that.

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<v Speaker 3>Have been so far through the program.

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<v Speaker 2>That's been electricians, cops, plumbers, brick layers and earth moving

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<v Speaker 2>plant operators.

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<v Speaker 1>So ten grand for traders from New Zealand to relocate.

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<v Speaker 1>This could be the answer nationwide. But why don't we

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<v Speaker 1>have enough tradees in Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>Well that's a really good thing and look it's gain.

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<v Speaker 2>We're finding that younger people are sort of moving away

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<v Speaker 2>from those sort of more if we call them hard

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<v Speaker 2>sort of outdoor brick laying jobs, contracuting jobs, preferring to

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<v Speaker 2>try and get more the IT jobs and sort of

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<v Speaker 2>desk and internal jobs. So the problem is there. It

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<v Speaker 2>probably hasn't enough focus. And the trainee roles around construction

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<v Speaker 2>really also they have that really helps building and construction

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<v Speaker 2>employers to cover the cost employing apprentice and trainees, so

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<v Speaker 2>that no silver ball at harder we get more tradees

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<v Speaker 2>to build more properties which were desperate for. We need

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<v Speaker 2>more properties for people to occupy and more properties for rental,

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<v Speaker 2>and a huge part of that problem is around the supply.

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<v Speaker 2>The problems around the supplies. We don't have enough tradees,

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<v Speaker 2>so we to go and poach some. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to incentivize some to come infantry. But the longer

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<v Speaker 2>term solution is that we actually need we need a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of funding and really target around the prep and

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<v Speaker 2>the training. We've got to make that become very much

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<v Speaker 2>more attractive for the younger people to come through those pathways.

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<v Speaker 1>And how do the existing tradees in USU Tralia.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel about this scheme, Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Look the way it is at the moment, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>massive undersupply of them.

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<v Speaker 3>I know for a.

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<v Speaker 2>Fact one when I was at a lone recently and

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<v Speaker 2>it's just some of the numbers really sort of blow

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<v Speaker 2>your mind. The average of a brick layer in Western

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<v Speaker 2>Australia is sixty two. So we do not have young

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<v Speaker 2>enough people, enough younger people coming through these these very

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<v Speaker 2>important skills and jobs that need to be filled, and

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<v Speaker 2>so it's becoming a big protz in a lot of cases.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think the establish people and the trades in

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<v Speaker 2>the market chare and the workforce have got a problem

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<v Speaker 2>with that.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, getting over work. They're working maybe six days

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<v Speaker 3>a week, seven days a week.

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<v Speaker 2>They really under pressure because we need we need these

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<v Speaker 2>property builders are under pressure to produced them faster. They're

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<v Speaker 2>putting trades under pressure, and there's stress because there's stress

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<v Speaker 2>in the building.

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<v Speaker 3>Industry because there's not enough trade.

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<v Speaker 2>Ones that we do have are getting pushed too hard,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, and that's not good too, because it

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<v Speaker 2>starts affecting their wealth, health and also the quality of

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<v Speaker 2>the bills.

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<v Speaker 1>And what about the employees. Are they keen for the

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<v Speaker 1>hiring and overseas trading?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, again if the red tape taken away from that.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're desperately in most of the capital cities around

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<v Speaker 2>the country and they're trying to bring in more labor.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's this catch twenty two in Australia where we

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<v Speaker 2>try to manage the immigration into the country because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>part of the problem is we haven't managed well the

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<v Speaker 2>housing supply and the immigration coming in. So we've had

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<v Speaker 2>too much emission coming in and too little supply of

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<v Speaker 2>dwellings and homes. So that's how we've got us into

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<v Speaker 2>this problem. We've got too many people for the houses

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<v Speaker 2>that we've got at the moment. That's the prices and

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<v Speaker 2>the rents. So what we need to do is we

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<v Speaker 2>do need to get these skilled labors. And it's not

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<v Speaker 2>in construction, it's another specific trades and industries. But we

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<v Speaker 2>need to be bringing the right type of people that

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<v Speaker 2>can help us out of this problem because the only

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<v Speaker 2>way we're going to get out of this problem is

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<v Speaker 2>to supply, and supply we need more skilled labor and

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<v Speaker 2>you know in the civic areas again electricians, cop and

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<v Speaker 2>as plumber's, brick layers, earth movers.

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<v Speaker 3>Et cetera. And what we've got to do is bring

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<v Speaker 3>in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Right people in the right quantities so we can actually

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<v Speaker 2>get the supply, but not further make it harder for

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<v Speaker 2>finding residents and putting a roof over people's heads because

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<v Speaker 2>if we're going to bring these trade is in got

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<v Speaker 2>to live somewhere, so it has to be managed very

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<v Speaker 2>very carefully and cutting the red tape that we can

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<v Speaker 2>get them in quickly, get their right approvals, right training,

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<v Speaker 2>if they've got to do any slight conversions with their skills,

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<v Speaker 2>and let's get these people on the tools and let's

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<v Speaker 2>get building these homes that we desperately need.