WA launches $4m campaign to pinch hospitality workers from NZ, interstate

abc.net.au/news/wa-plan-to-lure-hospitality-workers/101358426Tourism WA will next week launch a $4.4-million campaign aimed at luring workers from the eastern states and New Zealand to fill a shortfall of about 15,000 hospitality jobs in Western Australia.They will also start a $3.9m campaign to train more local hospitality workers

"This will be a promotional campaign which will run in the east coast and in New Zealand to encourage people there to really consider Western Australia as a place that they can come to really get a great experience in a terrific part of the world," he said. Over two years, the funding will go partly towards short-term intensive training courses for baristas, bar staff and other hospitality workers."The jobs that are on offer are part-time, which work really well alongside the studying that students are expected to do," said StudyPerth CEO Derryn Belford.

"I can't verify the $2 million number that was mentioned in The West [newspaper] this morning, but I want to assure everyone that everything that was done in relation to that campaign is an asset of Tourism WA," he said. Mr Cook said when it became clear COVID-19 disruptions to the tourism industry would last for longer, the initial campaign was shelved but content from it was repurposed.

Is it ever possible for a government to grow an industry organically? Or is flying in workers form overseas just a WA fifo mentality thing?

People make that kind of move for better pay and conditions. If that is what is on offer fair enough.

How? By kidnapping?

Where will they live?

Waste of money. All of competent NZ is already here. We’ll just be importing incompetent NZ and Jacinta’s new arrivals. Dear oh dear...

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