❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the Construction Visa Subsidy (CVS) program's effectiveness in addressing skills shortages in the home building construction industry. The Minister provides data on worker arrivals, milestone payments, and efforts to resolve visa processing delays with federal counterparts.
AnsweredQoN 415Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT — CONSTRUCTION
VISA SUBSIDY SCHEME
415. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
I refer to skills shortages in the
home building construction industry.
(1) How many
workers have entered Western Australia and begun work as a result of the construction
visa subsidy program, to date?
(2) How many
milestone payments have been made under each stream of the CVS program, to
date?
(3) Has the
minister sought to resolve the problem with delays in commonwealth visa
processing with her federal colleagues?
(4) If yes to
(3), what steps have been taken?
VISA SUBSIDY SCHEME
415. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Training and Workforce Development:
I refer to skills shortages in the
home building construction industry.
(1) How many
workers have entered Western Australia and begun work as a result of the construction
visa subsidy program, to date?
(2) How many
milestone payments have been made under each stream of the CVS program, to
date?
(3) Has the
minister sought to resolve the problem with delays in commonwealth visa
processing with her federal colleagues?
(4) If yes to
(3), what steps have been taken?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Training and Workforce Development.
(1) It is 114.
(2) For milestone
1, 289 employers have made claims for 772 skilled migrants; for milestone 2, 95
employers have made claims for 179 skilled
migrants; and for milestone 3, 68 employers have made claims for 114 skilled
migrants.
(3)–(4) Yes. The Minister for Training and Workforce
Development has raised visa processing delays with Hon Andrew Giles, MP,
the commonwealth Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural
Affairs, and Hon Clare O'Neil, MP, the commonwealth Minister for Home
Affairs, at the ministerial migration roundtable meetings held in December 2023
and April 2024. Information on specific visa applications experiencing delays
under the program have been sent to the Office of the Minister for Home Affairs
with a request for priority processing.
of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Training and Workforce Development.
(1) It is 114.
(2) For milestone
1, 289 employers have made claims for 772 skilled migrants; for milestone 2, 95
employers have made claims for 179 skilled
migrants; and for milestone 3, 68 employers have made claims for 114 skilled
migrants.
(3)–(4) Yes. The Minister for Training and Workforce
Development has raised visa processing delays with Hon Andrew Giles, MP,
the commonwealth Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural
Affairs, and Hon Clare O'Neil, MP, the commonwealth Minister for Home
Affairs, at the ministerial migration roundtable meetings held in December 2023
and April 2024. Information on specific visa applications experiencing delays
under the program have been sent to the Office of the Minister for Home Affairs
with a request for priority processing.
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