r/australia • u/Rubiginous • 11h ago

politics Hospitality industry warns of critical workers shortages as migration cuts loom

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-14/hospitality-industry-warns-shortages-migrant-workers/107266454
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u/Gazza_s_89 11h ago edited 11h ago

My unpopular opinion is that the hospitality sector is too large anyway.

Our towns and cities are full of struggling coffee shops selling low value add items, owned by unimaginative entrepreneurs.

Now owners are complaining that nobody wants to pay $12 for toasties and nobody wants to commute 1h to a minimum wage job.

Or IDK maybe the sector could be larger.... but it'd very susceptible to consumer spending being crowded out by the cost of housing.

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u/W0nderWhite 10h ago

Hey those owners work really hard making TikToks and AI menus!

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u/enigmasaurus- 8h ago

Oh man those AI menus alone have got to be putting countless customers off. They all look nauseating to me.