Coronavirus border uncertainty worsens skills shortages in WA

Furniture sold, bags packed and jobs on the horizon — but Anne Norman and Jamie Damaso are stuck in limbo.

Based in the coastal New South Wales town of Harrington, the couple are trying to move to Western Australia, but say the unpredictable border closures have left them stranded.

“It does scare me, because I worry what’s going to happen if this continues,” Ms Norman said.

“We’ve got a baby, we’ve got debts, things to pay for.”

The pair had been working in Queensland on a contract mine job when Ms Norman fell…