Rn Drive - Separate Stories Podcast

Jobs are in high supply, but there's no one to fill them. This is the great dilemma confronting employers across the nation. For farmers, some of whom are expecting bumper crops, it can mean that produce is left to rot on the vine or lambs go unshorn.  So where are all the workers? Are they overseas? Or sitting at home here in Australia? Or are they lacking the skills necessary to get the jobs done? Guests: Ian Yates, Chief Executive of the Councils on the Aging Tara Bennett, Tourism Port Douglas and Daintree chief executive officer Ben Rogers, National Farmers Federation general manager workplace relations and legal affairs Producer: Katie Hamann