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Saturday, April 10th, 2010Australia’s opposition political party, The Coalition, says Australia will not be able to cope with the future predicted population levels that are estimated to 36 million by 2050 and that increased immigration to Australia is to blame. The Coalition party have unveiled plans to cut Australia’s migration in take if elected to Government in the [...]
Baird Report Supports The Recent Changes To Australia Skilled Migration Program
Saturday, March 20th, 2010Baird Report Supports The Recent Changes To Australia’s Skilled Migration Program. The Baird report that supports the changes to the skilled migration program announced in Feb 2010 that remove the incentives for overseas students applying to study in Australia in order to obtain permanent residence. The Australian Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, has welcomed the Baird [...]
Australia Working Holdiay Visas come under the spotlight
Monday, December 21st, 2009Australia Working Holiday Visas come under the spotlight. The Australia Department of Immigration has created a specialist unit to investigate the widespread fraud in Australia Immigration Working Holiday Visas. So far, sixty four Australia Working Visas have been cancelled by Australia Immigration, with a further nineteen visas being reviewed. An Irish national has been convicted [...]
Sydney Has Been Voted As The World’s Friendliest City.
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Sydney Has Been Voted As The World’s Friendliest City. Sydney, Australia came tops for friendliness, personal encounters and cultural diversity in a global online survey of over 10,000 adults from 50 cities across 20 major developed and developing countries. Sydney came second overall behind Paris, beating London, Rome and New York who made up the [...]
UN says don’t blame foreigners for economic crisis
Friday, May 1st, 2009UN says don’t blame foreigners for economic crisis The UN has stated it is worried that the global economic downturn will fuel increasing levels of refugees and migrants as well as increases in xenophobia as people look for causes to their economic problems. Australia is looking at reducing the number of places on its skilled [...]
Economic Downturn means cuts to Australia Visa Immigration
Friday, May 1st, 2009Economic Downturn means cuts to Australia Visa Immigration The Australian Government is looking to reduce the number of people granted working visas as a result of the global economic downturn as a way of protecting Australian jobs. Australian jobs in building and manufacturing have been targeted by the Australian Government and will be removed from [...]
Australian Immigration Minister wants States to increase skilled migration
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Australian Immigration News Australian Immigration Minister wants States to increase skilled migration The Australian Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, has urged the states to increase their use of state sponsored skilled migration in order to meet their demands for skilled labour. The Australian Federal Government’s permanent skilled migration program has been increased by an additional 31,000 [...]
Australian and New Zealand Greek youths to compete in Adelaide’s Pan- Hellenic Games in 2007
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Australian Immigration News Australian and New Zealand Greek youths to compete in Adelaide’s Pan- Hellenic Games in 2007 The goals of the event are to promote the eternal ideas of the Olympic Spirit and to strengthen the ties amongst the Greek Community. The games will include events in track and field, swimming, weightlifting, Taekwondo, tennis, [...]
British Nurses are heading for work in Australia
Friday, March 28th, 2008Australian Immigration News British Nurses are heading for work in Australia Britain’s Royal College of Nursing has warned the UK Government that too many UK nurses are being lured to work in Australia. The head of Policy at the Royal College of Nursing, Howard Catton, explained that UK nurses were receiving attractive offers to work [...]
Australia Immigration to South Australia at record levels.
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Australian Immigration News Australia Immigration to South Australia at record levels. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have just released figures that shows the level of Migration to South Australia is at a record high. During the last twelve months to April 2007, South Australia received a net gain from overseas migration of 12,600 people, [...]
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