Government policies aimed at fostering high-tech industries have also opened vacancies for IT professionals, while economic buoyancy more broadly translates to demand for services such as healthcare and hospitality.
To match employers with prospective employees, the Kiwi government is staging its first ever jobs expo in Australia. It opened at the weekend in Perth, and moves to Sydney this weekend, at the Sydney Town Hall, before trundling on to Melbourne and Brisbane early next year.
That schedule is guaranteed to cover most of the almost half a million Kiwis living in Australia, and net quite a few Aussies into the bargain.
Mr Joyce said of the 1600 curious job-seekers at the Perth show, about half were Australians or workers from third countries such as Ireland.
"Many Kiwis and an increasing number of Australians are seeing, in certain professions and skills, a bit of a trans-Tasman labour market - and I think that probably came along with the big energy projects in WA and Queensland," Mr Joyce said.
"Our view is that that's a two-way street."
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