10.4225/03/590bf1284fb2c Birrell, Bob Bob Birrell Sheridan, John John Sheridan Rapson, Virginia Virginia Rapson Why no action on engineering training? Monash University 2017 Australia monash:64073 Professional engineers Australian Government journal article 1039-4788 1959.1/480826 Migrant engineers 2017-05-05 03:27:34 Journal contribution https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Why_no_action_on_engineering_training_/4975709 Severe shortages of professional engineers are now evident in Australia. Yet the Australian Government has shown no interest in expanding domestic training levels. The reasons for this inaction include a lack of awareness that there has been no increase in the training of domestic engineering students since the Coalition came to power in 1996 and unrealistic expectations that migrant engineers can fill the gap. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s