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Queensland is notorious for its low salaries. Many Queenslanders move to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, etc for a pay bump (yes cost of living is higher but many still find it worthwhile to move).

Also some markets for example employment and housing are sticky and slow moving and often it takes time for people to accept reality and change their expectations. In many markets currently employers have been reluctant to accept the reality of the new higher market level of nominal wages and it will take time for them to begrudgingly accept that they will need to pay more for employees in the interim those hiring signs will remain.

I used to work in an job in Sydney where I supplied various types of tradies and I would get many complaining that they could not find suitable, experienced employees for their small business. Whenever I asked them how much they paid their employees, the answer always made it immediately clear why they couldn't find suitable employees.

Don't believe propaganda from businesses who are just talking their own book. If you want the real story talk to employees. How many would tell you that if they wanted to they could find a new job in a week? How many have had 10% + pay rises in the past 12 months? If you want to hire a painter to paint your house could you get somebody to start the job sometime next week or would you need to wait 2 or 3 weeks because they are all fully booked due to the "shortage" of painters?

I don't buy your narrative of a generalized labour shortage where you live. But even if I were to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it's true what does it prove anyway? If there are a handful of suburbs dotted across the country where labour shortages exist meanwhile over 95%+ of the country is currently suffering from an oversupply of labour (the 3 million unemployed and underemployed people) how is it really relevant to anything in a wider meaningful context?

<blockquote data-quote="Value Hunter" data-source="post: 1268230" data-attributes="member: 52375">Queensland is notorious for its low salaries. Many Queenslanders move to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, etc for a pay bump (yes cost of living is higher but many still find it worthwhile to move).Also some markets for example employment and housing are sticky and slow moving and often it takes time for people to accept reality and change their expectations. In many markets currently employers have been reluctant to accept the reality of the new higher market level of nominal wages and it will take time for them to begrudgingly accept that they will need to pay more for employees in the interim those hiring signs will remain.I used to work in an job in Sydney where I supplied various types of tradies and I would get many complaining that they could not find suitable, experienced employees for their small business. Whenever I asked them how much they paid their employees, the answer always made it immediately clear why they couldn&#039;t find suitable employees.Don&#039;t believe propaganda from businesses who are just talking their own book. If you want the real story talk to employees. How many would tell you that if they wanted to they could find a new job in a week? How many have had 10% + pay rises in the past 12 months? If you want to hire a painter to paint your house could you get somebody to start the job sometime next week or would you need to wait 2 or 3 weeks because they are all fully booked due to the &quot;shortage&quot; of painters?I don&#039;t buy your narrative of a generalized labour shortage where you live. But even if I were to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it&#039;s true what does it prove anyway? If there are a handful of suburbs dotted across the country where labour shortages exist meanwhile over 95%+ of the country is currently suffering from an oversupply of labour (the 3 million unemployed and underemployed people) how is it really relevant to anything in a wider meaningful context?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Value Hunter, post: 1268230, member: 52375"] Queensland is notorious for its low salaries. Many Queenslanders move to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, etc for a pay bump (yes cost of living is higher but many still find it worthwhile to move). Also some markets for example employment and housing are sticky and slow moving and often it takes time for people to accept reality and change their expectations. In many markets currently employers have been reluctant to accept the reality of the new higher market level of nominal wages and it will take time for them to begrudgingly accept that they will need to pay more for employees in the interim those hiring signs will remain. I used to work in an job in Sydney where I supplied various types of tradies and I would get many complaining that they could not find suitable, experienced employees for their small business. Whenever I asked them how much they paid their employees, the answer always made it immediately clear why they couldn't find suitable employees. Don't believe propaganda from businesses who are just talking their own book. If you want the real story talk to employees. How many would tell you that if they wanted to they could find a new job in a week? How many have had 10% + pay rises in the past 12 months? If you want to hire a painter to paint your house could you get somebody to start the job sometime next week or would you need to wait 2 or 3 weeks because they are all fully booked due to the "shortage" of painters? I don't buy your narrative of a generalized labour shortage where you live. But even if I were to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it's true what does it prove anyway? If there are a handful of suburbs dotted across the country where labour shortages exist meanwhile over 95%+ of the country is currently suffering from an oversupply of labour (the 3 million unemployed and underemployed people) how is it really relevant to anything in a wider meaningful context? [/QUOTE]

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