Refugees contribute to the Australian economy Successive Australian Governments have made a tangible commitment to providing a lasting home to people fleeing conflict, violence and persecution through the Refugee and Humanitarian Program, with an average annual intake of 14,000 refugee and humanitarian entrants since 1977-78.1 In 2022- 23, the Program is planned to grant permanent visas to 17,875. [...] The Albanese Government aspires to increase the size of the Humanitarian Program to 27,000 places a year, with an additional 5,000 places for community sponsored refugees.2 While the objective of the Humanitarian Program is to provide safety and a long-term solution to people in need of international protection, research has also shown the significant contribution that refugee and humanitarian ent. [...] Targeted investment in specialist refugee employment services The findings of a government-funded review into integration, employment and settlement outcomes for refugees and humanitarian entrants in 2019 (The Shergold Review) recommended the value of refugee place-based employment trials in key areas of refugee settlement, in recognition of the importance of specialist, employment-focused and pla. [...] With a significant stock of visa applications pending and capacity and willingness within the settlement sector and broader community to scale up resettlement, there is potential to meet and exceed the aspirations to expand Australia’s commitment to refugee resettlement. [...] In the context of the majority of dental care in Australia being left in the hands of the private rather than public sector, an industry body that controls the supply of qualified dentists is a very effective means of distorting the market.
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