India, July 13 -- A butcher in Australia is struggling to fill a position paying as much as AUD$130,000 ( Rs.73 lakh approximately) per annum, for lack of qualified candidates. According to a report in news.com.au, Clayton Wright has received more than 140 applications for the role, but none of them from Australians.

The 66-year-old butcher and businessman has warned that his predicament highlights the growing shortage of trained young tradespeople in Australia. Wright says it indicates a "perfect storm for businesses" amid rising wages and cost-of-living pressures.

The Sydney-based owner of Alexandria's Clover Valley Meat Company and Wrights The Butchers says "It's not a matter of money".

"We have [had a decades-long] drain on people ...