Businesses urge to allow skilled immigrants in Australia

Australia, 10th August: Some of the renowned businessmen in Australia have warned that the nation must allow entry of skilled immigrants or get ready for inflation and deterioration.

The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard had rejected ‘big Australia’, the idea of Kevin Rudd during the population debate on starting on 27th June this year adding that Australian government does not want to rush towards the population target of 35 million by the year 2050.

And as Gillard’s plans to curb the present levels of Australian immigration seem to be coming close, the businesses of Australia are already feeling the heat of the effects of such policies on the growth and development of Australia in the coming times.

A leading businessman of Australia and founder of Aristocrat Leisure Group, Len Ainsworth, states that the economic future of the nation is surely going to be in big trouble if the changes proposed by Australian PM in the Australian immigration rules are introduced.

Suggesting a possible answer to the issue of Australian immigration, Ainsworth says that quality, and not the quantity is what Australian immigration should focus on.

It needs to be kept in mind that a major percentage of Australian population in the coming years will comprise of baby boomers nearing the retiring age. And if this issue is not tackled properly, by allowing skilled immigrants into Australia, then the nation will witness a sharp fall in the number of people in the working-age in Australia.

Hence, Australia needs to manage this problem in an effective manner, said demographer at KPMG, Bernard Salt.

In fact, many business giants of Australia have rejected Gillard’s campaign to curb immigration levels in Australia.

Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forest, chief of Fortescue Metals said that stopping the growth of Australia is no solution for the nation because by doing so, you are only stopping every Australian’s growth.

And Bernie Brooks, chief executive of Myer also loves to idea of increase in Australian population, more so in the regional areas.

Meanwhile, there is also an imminent need for better planning of training and infrastructure programs of the country in order to help the economic development of Australia, the business community of Australia asserts.