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Esperance faces labour ‘crisis’, launches campaign asking residents to work second job this summer
Aaron Pemberton is working two jobs because of an illuminating recent experience at an Esperance restaurant in Western Australia.
Key points:
- A campaign launched in Esperance wants residents to take on a second job to help address its worker shortages
- The town is a popular tourist destination and is bracing for a bigger than usual influx of visitors over the summer holiday period
- The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the number of Australians taking on a second job increased 17.5 per cent in the September quarter
Like many South Coast towns, the region faces a crippling worker shortage and a record-breaking tourist season, each brought on by COVID-19 travel restrictions stemming the flow of backpackers and WA travellers.
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