Australia is starting to see an upturn in the mining and resources sector after ending 2018 with a record-breaking year and continuing this growth into 2019. [1] Western Australia plays a huge part in this success, but there are plenty of discussions around the current skills shortage. Growth in the resources and mining sector The Resources and Energy Quarterly report June 2019, released by the Australian Government, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science reported: “In recent years, we have predicted commodity export earnings would peak in 2018 – 19. As recently as March 2019, we suggested record earnings of $278...
