PHOTO: Regional Development Australia’s Justine Campbell and Therese O’Dwyer flank NSW Minister for Skills Steve Whan. They attended seminars eariler this year on skilled migration.
Coonamble mayor Dan Keady says he is concerned that the shire will compete with the coast for workers if the NSW government takes over a program bringing skilled migrants into the west.
Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana currently holds a Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) with the federal government, which covers about 60 per cent of NSW in the state's inland regions.
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