Australia's construction industry faces a critical shortage of skilled tradies due to declining apprenticeship completion rates and small business collapses, pushing the housing market to a breaking point. 

Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings and Scott Challen argue that relying on mass immigration and external tech investments like $32 billion in data centres will not fix the underlying structural flaws created by government red tape.

Australia's construction industry faces a critical shortage of skilled tradies due to declining apprenticeship completion rates and small business collapses, pushing the housing market to a breaking point. 
Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings and Scott Challen argue that relying on mass immigration and external tech investments like $32 billion in data centres will not fix the underlying structural flaws created by government red tape.

Tune in to 4BC Mornings, weekdays from 9am-12pm.

Tune in to 4BC Mornings, weekdays from 9am-12pm.