They are being lured to better paid jobs in the booming mining sector, just as demand from China, which buys about 60 percent of Australian wool, is soaring.

• 很多工人被吸引到待遇较丰厚的兴旺的采矿业。与此同时，中国的羊毛需求量却日益上升。澳大利亚60%25的羊毛出口到了中国。