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One of the questions I get asked a lot is which sectors are actually hiring right now. People want to know where the work is, where the demand is real, and where they should be paying attention if they’re either running a business in the space or looking for their next move as a tradesperson….

Sovereign capacity has become one of those phrases that gets thrown around in policy papers, ministerial speeches, and industry conferences. Everyone agrees Australia needs more of it. Fewer people are willing to sit down and answer the harder question, which is what sovereign capacity actually looks like when you walk into a workshop on a…

If you’ve driven down the Hume on a weekday, you’ve seen Australia’s diesel supply chain in action. Tankers, prime movers, fuel haulage rigs, and the trucks that depend on the diesel those tankers are delivering. The whole thing is constantly moving, and most people never give it a second thought. They probably should. The eastern…

  Most recruiters stumble into their recruitment career. They land in it by accident and stay because it gets its hooks into them, and then they spend the next decade or two trying to explain to people at dinner parties why they find it so genuinely interesting. That is roughly the story Tavis Shearer and…

Over the past week I’ve written about Australia’s fuel security position from a few different angles. The trades workforce question. The sector hiring outlook. The eastern seaboard diesel supply chain. Sovereign capacity and what it looks like on a workshop floor. This piece pulls all of that together into one place, because the more I…

  Great news for Melbourne as the property market has turned a corner. After a period of quiet, the city’s BTR build-to-rent and commercial sectors are generating momentum in 2026, and the businesses best positioned to benefit are those that have their teams locked in before the pressure builds up. TRS Resourcing works with property…

TRS Resourcing has a permanent, full-time position available for an experienced trailer mechanic based near Perth Airport. The role is with a long-standing transport group that specialises in trailer servicing, repairs, and maintenance across the logistics sector, and it is open due to continued business growth rather than turnover. If you have a background in…

If you are a trade-qualified diesel mechanic with experience on heavy vehicles and you are based in Brisbane, TRS Resourcing has a permanent, full-time position that is worth your attention. The role is based at Murarrie and focuses on maintaining and repairing a fleet of modern prime movers for a growing transport business. This is…

If you spend any time around the businesses building and maintaining Australia’s fuel infrastructure, you can feel something…. Order books are filling up. Project timelines are getting longer, not shorter. And the conversation around the workshop floor is less about whether there’s work coming, and more about is there anyone left to do it. Fuel…

Most of the conversation about Australia’s fuel security focuses on barrels, reserves, and refineries. How many days of supply we hold. How exposed we are to global shipping routes. How much diesel sits in commercial storage versus government held stock. These are the headlines, and they matter. But at the end of the day these…

  What’s getting harder faster than anything else I’m seeing in my recruitment work?  Finding qualified EV technicians for Australian dealerships, and I don’t feel it’s a problem that’s going to resolve itself. The name going through the mouths of all dealerships: Electric vehicles. Sales are climbing and government targets are in place, and more…

The construction labour shortage in Australia is not a new story. But, it is an urgent one. Demand for skilled tradespeople continues to outpace supply, infrastructure pipelines remain active, and the pool of available, work-ready candidates has not grown fast enough to meet the pressure. For Melbourne construction businesses, is the practical reality waiting for…