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Tony Abbot Raves About Australia’s Skilled Migration System.

Tony Abbot, the leader of the opposition, stated that if he is elected, then he will bolster our skilled migration visa and employee sponsorship visa… Read More

Australia scores second in an international study on where people would move to for employment and lifestyle changes.

The Global Professionals on the Move 2012 survey (conducted by recruiting firm Hydrogen Group) shows: 9 per cent of respondents picked Australia as their destination… Read More

Australia’s increasing need for foreign skilled employees

It is not just mines and construction that need skilled employees – the entire country needs skilled labour – and there is expected to be… Read More

New SkillSelect model to come into effect on 1 July 2012

The DIAC have announced a new SkillSelect model to come into effect on 1 July 2012. What is SkillSelect? SkillSelect is an online… Read More

New general skilled migration subclasses announced

The DIAC have announced significant changes to the General Skilled Migration scheme, effective 1 July 2012. The new GSM Subclasses which will come into effect… Read More

The net migration to Australia was 172,500 people, with WA ‘s population growing by 2.6%.

Over the 12 month period to September 30 2011, Western Australia’s population grew by 60,700 people, or 2.6%. Australia’s entire population grew by 319,600 bodies,… Read More

Proposed reforms to the work visa (employer nomination) scheme

DIAC have announced significant changes to the employer nomination scheme, effective 1 July 2012. Applicants for the newly named Subclass 186 Employer Nomination Scheme visa… Read More

On St Patrick’s Day, I like to reflect upon our strong links to the Emerald Isle.

Four of our prime ministers were born to Irish parents, whilst a further 3 prime ministers have strong Irish heritage. As at 2011,  72,000… Read More

Boat people are a non-issue.

I just read an article where Tony Abbott proposes focusing on “turning boats back to Indonesia”(see link below). It is the same old soapbox rubbish… Read More

On 1 July 2012, the six Skilled lists are to be combined into one list to simplify the procedure

The Government will: replace the current six permanent employer-sponsored visas with two new visas. consolidate the existing three sponsored occupation lists – subclass 457, employer… Read More