International students will be called on to help ease workforce shortages caused by the Omicron variant as changes are made to consider more workers as essential under COVID isolation rules.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed changes would be made to remove a 40-hour per fortnight working cap for foreign students in affected sectors.

The temporary relaxation is aimed at easing crippling labour shortages stemming from the isolation of thousands of workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.sbs.com.au/language/spanish/estudiantes-internacionales-podran-trabajar-mas-horas-para-aliviar-problemas-de-la-cadena-de-suministro