The Australian federal government is smoothing the way for teachers and healthcare workers to settle in the country by shortening the time needed to assess their skilled visa applications to only three days as national skill shortages loom. 
The move comes after recent data from the National Skills Commission shows that healthcare and social assistance has become the largest employment industry and is projected to create 301,000 new jobs—15.8 percent of all new jobs in the economy—over the five years to November 2026. 
Meanwhile, the education and training sector is predicted to generate 149,000 new jobs—13.4 percent of all new jobs over the next five years, with school education being the largest sector in the industry. …