Australia’s Transition to Net Zero Spurs Study on Refugee Workforce

A study to match refugees with jobs and housing in regional Australia has launched in NSW, with one organisation saying it has 100,000 workers at the ready.

Rohingya migrants on a boat off Indonesia's coast await rescue on May 20, 2015. Januar/AFP/Getty Images

A world-first study has been launched in New South Wales to explore how the labour needs of regional Australia could be met by a skilled refugee workforce.

Led by the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and UNSW Business School, the project is a collaboration with the Australian National University (ANU), global NGO Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), and the thinktank, Regional Australia Institute (RAI).