Cafe Struggles to Keep Skilled Worker | Sydney News

A Balingup cafe owner is stuck between loyalty and cost as he struggles to keep his indispensable Taiwanese worker, Penny Hung, amid skyrocketing visa sponsorship fees and new salary thresholds. With regional hospitality hiring already tough, the federal government’s push to slash migration numbers is pushing skilled workers like Penny further from Australia’s heartland — even though she loves the community and country life. As minimum wages climb past $79,000 and visas grow harder to secure, small businesses face an impossible choice: pay top dollar or lose their backbone staff. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/abc882ec8c8fcf79