Australian government accused of not doing enough for start-ups
13 October 2014
The Australian government is not doing enough to ensure the future wellbeing of start-up companies.
Mon, 13 Oct 2014
The Australian government is not doing enough to ensure the future wellbeing of start-up companies.
According to news sites smartcompany.com.au and startupsmart.co.au, StartupAUS board member Peter Bradd has said start-ups are running into problems attracting talent due to visa restrictions.
He has been lobbying the government for change on behalf of the Australian start-up community.
He was quoted as saying the small Australian companies were competing for talent with the likes of Facebook and Google, and although the country has 12k ICT graduates a year, 8k of them were foreign students and left after graduating.
The high cost of obtaining visas for recruits was prohibitive for start-ups, as well as the length of time to get them approved.
The Australian government is not doing enough to ensure the future wellbeing of start-up companies.
According to news sites smartcompany.com.au and startupsmart.co.au, StartupAUS board member Peter Bradd has said start-ups are running into problems attracting talent due to visa restrictions.
He has been lobbying the government for change on behalf of the Australian start-up community.
He was quoted as saying the small Australian companies were competing for talent with the likes of Facebook and Google, and although the country has 12k ICT graduates a year, 8k of them were foreign students and left after graduating.
The high cost of obtaining visas for recruits was prohibitive for start-ups, as well as the length of time to get them approved.
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