Submission: Migration Inquiry

16 March 2023

ISA urges the Joint Standing Committee to recognise the urgent need to bring more staff to Australian schools.

ISA strongly urges the Joint Standing Committee to recognise the urgency of bringing more school staff to work in Australian schools in a variety of contexts. There is a real opportunity to improve Australia’s migration system to address Australia’s current skills shortages, particularly for school staff. Changes to the current migration and visa system have the potential to positively impact schools and their capacity to provide quality education, the learning outcomes of students and also Australis’s on-going productivity.