Australian Government Urged to Divert New Immigrants to Regional Areas

Cattle stand on the bank of a farm dam on a property between Tamworth and Gunnedah in north west New South Wales on May 4, 2020 in Gunnedah, Australia. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

The Australian government is urged to increase the resettlement rate of new migrants in regional areas to help fill a major shortage of workers.

Regional Australia Institute (RAI), an independent think-tank, has said that increasing overseas migration is crucial to the economic growth and sustainability of the outer fringes of cities and towns in Regional Australia.