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Friday 14 November 2025

NEWS

Nov 13, 2025

Worker shortages dampen surge in green energy, housing

PUBLIC investment in green energy and social housing has surged but worker shortages and sluggish productivity growth are holding projects back. Tens of billions of dollars were added to Australia’s major infrastructure pipeline in the past year, federal advisory body Infrastructure Australia found in a report released on Thursday. As federal and…