Its a bit meaningless without posting the salary/job/location. For the last 10 years I've been in data science/analytics in capital cities, and i'll get waves

Its a bit meaningless without posting the salary/job/location. For the last 10 years I've been in data science/analytics in capital cities, and i'll get waves of local masters/PhDs applying for every job. But if its pays poorly, and consists of IT/database management/code-monkeying another app/help-desk, then one understands why one mainly gets immigrants applying (because they're desperate for the job, are relatively unlikely to be discriminated against, and they meet the qualifications whereas australians can get better wages elsewhere for easier positions). Honestly, I'm a bit dumbstruck by notions of a shortage of tech supply in australia. Comparatively we've got very little on the demand side, outside of a handful of big-corp IT departments (who have off-shored a lot of work to china/phillipines/india/etc) and IME we often pay relatively poorly...and government policy in terms of security/IP/storage/privacy etc is 'relatively' hostile towards the tech sector and driving firms offshore...