00:00As the thermostat climbs, so do tourist numbers.
00:06To cope, this Gold Coast business is on the hunt for staff.
00:11To try and take advantage of a great time of year when people are around, when they
00:15want to spend money.
00:16Across Australia, finding skilled workers in the sector is a challenge.
00:21Beforehand, we might put out a job ad and we'd get 200 plus applicants and we might
00:25get 10 to 20 in for interviews.
00:27Now we'll put it out as vastly as we can and we might get two or three people reach
00:31out, we might get one turn up for an interview.
00:33Chefs, bakers and waiters are all on the latest skills priority list.
00:39But the industry's peak body says the federal government could be doing more to attract
00:44workers to the sector.
00:46They can start investing in skills and by that I mean subsidies to apprentices and trainees
00:54throughout the whole sector.
00:56This will bring and encourage people back into the sector.
01:01This beachside cafe has employed migrant workers to keep the doors open.
01:05They're from Chile, they're from Brazil, I've got a guy that's from the Czech Republic.
01:11The federal government's planned cap on international workers has the industry worried.
01:17By shortening or constricting the labour force even further just adds to the skills shortage
01:23that we have.
01:24The international student sector makes up about 50% of the workforce in the tourism
01:29and hospitality sector so they're bringing the people in that these businesses need to
01:35offer those amazing experiences.
01:37An industry on the rocks.
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