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10 August 2026

Builders push for foreign students to become tradie apprentices amid skills crisis

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Builders push for foreign students to become tradie apprentices amid skills crisis

Foreign students could be trained as apprentice tradies, under plans by the building industry to slash construction costs with imported labour.

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