For a country with vast reserves of coal (brown and black), uranium and other natural resources that can be ‘burned’ to produce electricity (although nuclear power currently is not seen as an option), there’s a lot of alternative generation going on. It’s compulsory actually. A strong motivating factor is that the Federal Government has passed a law that 20% of electricity generated in Australia by must become alternative, from climate friendly sources. So what sort of projects are under way?

One example is the Hot Rock company’s geothermal project near Warrnambool in Victoria, which could power up to 1 million homes if recent results are proven.

Hot Rock plans to build a one-megawatt pilot plant in 2011, has released a report showing its inferred and indicated geothermal resource at its Koroit project in the Otway Basin could be as great as 67,000 petajoules.

The report, produced from seismic data and 14 previously drilled wells, shows the indicated geothermal resource is about 7600 petajoules while the inferred resource is 59,000 petajoules.

Although, it is very early days for the project, which must still drill its own wells and measure flow rates before the reserve can be classified as proven. The indicated resource, if proven, could support a 100-megawatt power plant while the inferred resource would be enough to generate 1100 megawatts - or enough power for 1 million Australian homes annually.

Managing director Mark Elliott said the project was near energy infrastructure, meaning it could be fed into the energy grid without major power losses via long transmission lines.

”We are planning to drill proof-of-concept wells into this resource early next year with a view to completing testing and a feasibility study by the end of 2010,” he said. ”The resource potential at Koroit is large and if converted into reserves has the potential of producing significant power from the Koroit project alone.”

The Koroit project uses a sedimentary geothermal system that does not require artificial stimulation to enhance the flow of water.

As more geothermal, wind, solar and wave-power projects are initiated, the opportunities for appropriately qualified and experienced skilled trades people and professionals will no doubt multiply. And yet, among these high tech energy solutions, it is also possible to come across a alternatives that are somewhat more traditional.

SYD Shea, an old man now, is producing what he believes could help save the planet and create great agricultural wealth.

Shea is professor of environmental management at Perth’s University of Notre Dame, and it’s not too much to say he is obsessed with the subject of biochar, which is basically another word for just charcoal. The answer is in Syd’s 200 litre (44-gallon ) drums.

One makes biochar by heating organic material such as wood (or just about anything else) while limiting the amount of oxygen in the process so it doesn’t actually burn. That’s why Shea’s drums are sealed with dried mud, and no smoke is allowed to escape. It’s not a new process. Amazonian Indians were creating biochar about 2000 years ago to fertilise their crops, and it has been popular among Japanese farmers for centuries.

What might be novel and of importance to today’s planet, is that Shea contends the ancient process occurring in his drums leads to three exciting results.

• The char that is produced has locked within it virtually all the carbon that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere, and it will stay locked away for hundreds, and in many cases, thousands of years.
• The stuff can then be returned to the soil through tilling, as a fertiliser significantly boosting crop production.
• Furthermore, in the production process, a gas is produced that can be captured and used for heating, running motors and generating power.

Shea envisions large, modern plants producing millions of tonnes of biochar, using

• purpose-grown trees or crops as fuel,
• the huge amount of waste generated by blue gum plantations.
• the straw left behind after wheat harvesting across Australia.

Indeed, just about any form of waste, including manure, can be converted into biochar.

Shea and two partners - Melbourne-based engineer and investor Peter Burgess and West Australian grain and sheep farmer Ian Stanley - have established what they call the Rainbow Bee Eater strategy to push their beliefs. They figure that with official support they could lock away 20 million tonnes of carbon and generate 12,000 gigawatts of low-cost energy a year - one-third of Australia’s renewable energy target.

Governments everywhere are desperately trying to work out how to meet greenhouse targets by reducing carbon emissions and they seek alternative and renewable sources of energy. It would be reasonable to opine that there’d be great excitement about the potential of biochar.

The Australian Government  is spending large amounts of money investigating simply burying carbon. The official term is ‘geo-sequestration’ and it’s mainly intended to bury carbon produced by coal-fired power stations. Biochar is simply another method of sequestering carbon in soil, but with a specific and valuable benefit. It’s easier than pumping carbon thousands of metres below the earth’s surface, and it enriches crops and produces an incredibly useful and valuable gas.

Problem is, government support for biochar is at best muted. Early this year federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke made it clear he wasn’t an enthusiast. “There are many different technologies that can be used to deliver (carbon sequestration), and biochar is one of them. It’s untested. It’s unproven.”

Unfortunately, the Government’s emissions trading policy doesn’t include agriculture until 2015, so biochar isn’t top of mind in the complex accounting for carbon capture. But is it untested and unproven, as Burke claimed? Up to a point - that point being that the Government won’t stump up the money required for exhaustive testing and proving.

However, the NSW Department of Primary Industries has been running biochar trials since 2006, and has declared that it has scientifically demonstrated it can increase soil carbon levels while improving crop productivity and soil health.

Environmental scientist and former Australian of the year Professor Tim Flannery is a major enthusiast. He says biochar looks too good to be true, “but I’ve looked at it from every angle and I fail to see the fault in the system”.

The CSIRO is more cautious, and has produced a paper emphasising that more research is required to ensure biochar’s safe production and use. However, that same paper states that “due to its high chemical stability, high carbon content and its potential to reside in soil over decades, centuries, and even up to millennia, biochar applications have the potential to turn into a long-term carbon sink. Thus, biochar could play an important role in helping to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and partially offset greenhouse gas emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels”.

Meanwhile, Syd Shea tends his hot 200 litre drums and dreams of what Australia and the world could achieve if only political decision-makers would see the value to today’s world that resides in one of the oldest technologies going around.

What is clear, is that Australia’s burgeoning alternative energy industry offers a diverse range of careers, both to resident Australians and also to skilled immigrants, wherever they now reside. It seems likely that many business opportunities will arise from work and investigation in these areas. It’s a field of business that has attracted entrepreneurs and will continue to attract them to look at Australia as fertile fields for their imagination, investment and enterprise.

Unsurprisingly, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is targeting skills in the IT and engineering sectors and is giving state/territory governments and private employers greater scope for nominating skilled migrants to fill jobs they need filled most urgently.

Australia’s urgent need for skilled immigration makes it a very good time to investigate numerous long-term opportunities that would enhance their careers and improve their lifestyles.

Clearly, alternative energy also provides opportunities to business people and entrepreneurs keen to establish small (and large) businesses in Australia.

Anyone thinking of moving to Australia, can consult an online Australian visa advisor, to ascertain how in demand your trade or profession is, simply by checking out the priority lists, and then accessing a visa assessment.

All this can be achieved by selecting a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist.

Itself, the CSIRO has been central in the development of flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury. These are just some of the research breakthroughs being developed by the recently launched CSIRO National Research Flagship for Future Manufacturing.

This scientific flagship, a $36.2 million research program designed to boost Australia’s manufacturing capabilities, was launched in Melbourne by Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr.

“Australia’s innovative and highly skilled manufacturing industry is one of the greatest hopes for our future prosperity and this flagship is an important addition to its arsenal,” Senator Carr said.

“Manufacturing not only provides quality jobs, it drives innovation through mobilising new skills and creating new capabilities.

“Countries that don’t have manufacturing industries are building them fast and those that have let their industries go are racing to get them back.

“Australia’s manufacturing employs around one million Australians, generates 10 percent of GDP and exports over $94 billion a year.

“Australian manufacturers are under increasing pressure from global competition, the rise of low-cost, low-wage manufacturing economies, and the changes that will need to be made to reduce emissions and become more sustainable.

“The future of our manufacturing industry is tied to its willingness and capacity to continue to innovate. It needs to focus on high technology, high-skill, and high-wage manufacturing where its strengths lie. This Flagship will help hone that focus.”

CSIRO Deputy Chief Executive, Dr Alastair Robertson, said CSIRO’s advances in the commercial development of flexible, large area, cost-effective, reel-to-reel printable plastic solar cells, supports this approach.

“Developed with our partners in the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium, flexible plastic solar cells will be much cheaper and more efficient to produce, and have the potential to replace silicon in the next generation of solar collectors,” Dr Robertson said.

“This is the kind of transformational, environmentally responsible technology the new Flagship has been established to create to support sustainable manufacturing into the future.”

The Future Manufacturing National Research Flagship was launched at the Flagship’s recently refurbished, state-of-the-art Flexible Electronics research facility at CSIRO’s Clayton laboratories.

Flagship Director, Clive Davenport, said innovation is the key to positioning Australian manufacturing to meet the challenges of the future.

“Taking a holistic approach, encompassing innovation together with market integration, the Flagship will streamline the uptake of new technologies for Australian industry, which will be crucial to improving the future competitiveness of our manufacturing sector as well as generating new employment opportunities,” Mr Davenport said.

“In partnership with industry we will focus on emerging manufacturing opportunities in flexible electronics, cleantech manufacturing, biomedical manufacturing and nanosafety, helping the Australian manufacturing sector address major national challenges in energy, health, climate and waste.”

CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships to provide science-based solutions in response to Australia’s major research challenges and opportunities. The 10 Flagships form multidisciplinary teams with industry and the research community to deliver impact and benefits for Australia.

It is not surprising, therefor, that the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) actually is targeting skills in the scientific, IT and engineering sectors, as wealth as health professionals and many others, and is giving state/territory governments and private employers greater scope for nominating skilled migrants to fill jobs they need filled most urgently.

Australia’s urgent need for scientists, researchers, technicians and so forth, means it’s a very good time to investigate numerous long-term opportunities that would enhance their careers and improve their lifestyles.

Clearly, there are also many opportunities for business people and entrepreneurs keen to establish small (and large) businesses in Australia, based on new ideas and technologies.

Anyone thinking of moving to Australia, can consult an online Australian visa advisor, to ascertain how in demand your trade or profession is, simply by checking out the priority lists, and then accessing a visa assessment.

All this can be achieved by selecting a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist.

For example, The Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has officially launched a $100 million research centre in Perth, which has been set up to help Australia win a massive radio astronomy project.

The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is designed to underpin the country’s campaign to secure the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project , which could one day help unlock the secrets of the universe. Western Australia (WA) is one of the front runners to secure the project with a decision expected in 2012.

To strengthen WA’s bid, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia set up the International Centre for Astronomy Research with extra funding from the State Government.

The International Director for the S.K.A project Richard Schilizzi says the centre will enhance Australia’s chances of securing this milestone project.

“It shows that the infrastructure for radio astronomy in Australia is very strong and that means that the ability to exploit the telescope role will be ensured,” he said.

Funded primarily by Curtin University and the University of Western Australia (UWA), the $100 million centre plans to attract astronomy experts to Perth. WA Premier Colin Barnett said the ICRAR, located at UWA, would show Australia and the state were capable of delivering world-class technology and facilities.

The WA government invested $20 million to establish the ICRAR, which Mr Barnett said would create “opportunities for local industry to participate in the wider SKA project”.

It has been lauded as one of the globe’s most important science projects.

While in a different area of technology, Australia is carving out a place at the forefront of developing alternative energy sources, such as geothermal, wave power, solar energy generation and wind power..

Just recently, Infigen Energy, the Australian wind power producer formerly called Babcock & Brown Wind Partners, said it wants to sell its U.S. business to focus on Australian assets.

“We’re selling out of America for the primary reason that we think there is a fantastic opportunity in Australia,” Managing Director Miles George said. Based on the replacement value of the U.S. unit, he estimated the “ballpark” sale figure could be $2.2 billion.

Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of coal, must derive 20 percent of its power from renewable energy, such as wind turbines, by 2020, under a law passed by the Australian Senate on Aug. 20. The legislation will help stimulate A$28 billion ($24 billion) of investment and the creation of 23,000 jobs in industries such as wind and solar power, according to the Clean Energy Council.

“Over the longer term, the regulatory environment and the willingness of governments to encourage alternative energies is clearly a tailwind for anyone in the sector,” said Tim Schroeders, who helps manage about $1 billion at Pengana Capital Ltd. in Melbourne.

Infigen shares have risen 55 percent this year compared with a 27 percent gain in the benchmark index. The Bloomberg Wind Energy index, comprised of 64 leading wind power stocks in the world, has gained 32 percent since the start of the year.

“We would like to redeploy capital from that U.S. business into the growth of our Australia business,” Infigen’s George said. The legislation means “the opportunity for our business, we believe, is extremely strong.”

Infigen has five wind farms in Australia’s Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales states. It is the nation’s biggest wind energy generator and the company’s second biggest earner in the past financial year according to company regulatory filings.

It also has 12 wind farms in Germany and six wind farms in France. The U.S. unit is the largest independent wind energy business in the country, George said.

In another project that underscores Australian opportunities for engineers, scientists and IT professionals in many specialities, Kentz, the Clonmel-headquartered engineering firm, has won a $AU150 million (€89.83 million) add-on infrastructure contract to a development it is already working on in Western Australia.

The AIM-listed company, which specialises in the provision of electrical and engineering services to the global oil and gas exploration industry, has been awarded the contract to develop a telecommunications infrastructure by Chevron Australia on its Gorgon gas project, situated approximately 200km off the north-western coast of Australia.
The remoteness of the development site means that a tailored telecommunications infrastructure is necessary from scratch. The new contract will cover things like satellite data communications, navigational aids and LAN network management.
According to Kentz chief executive, Dr Hugh O’Donnell: “This turnkey telecommunications project draws upon a number of our skill sets – not only from an engineering, design and systems integration perspective; but also delivering remote site installation and commissioning.”
Chevron is expected to gain the final government approvals needed to begin work on the Gorgon project before the end of 2009.
This will then trigger development work on the previously announced workers’ village project and the telecommunications systems project.
Not surprisingly, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is targeting skills in the health, IT and engineering sectors. Beyond individual projects like that announced by Kentz,  the government is giving state/territory governments and private employers greater scope for nominating skilled migrants for jobs they need filled most urgently.

Thus, it would seem advisable that potential skilled migrants now resident in various countries, who are seeking long term opportunities that would improve their lifestyles, could explore Australia’s skilled migration now, because the country’s need is urgent.

Clearly, development of this scale and duration also provides opportunities to business people and entrepreneurs keen to establish small (and large) businesses in Australia.

Anyone thinking of moving to Australia, can consult an online Australian visa advisor, to ascertain how in demand your trade or profession is, simply by checking out the priority lists, and then accessing a visa assessment.

All this can be achieved by selecting a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist.

“While Europe and Japan are stagnating, Australia is moving ahead,” said James Craig, chief economist at CommSec. “More people translates to increased spending and demand for homes, and as a result, increased momentum for our economy.”

Migration, and skilled migration in particular, have played significant roles, along with a rising birth-rate. Net migration of 278,200 was the highest annual figure since 1788. The natural rate of increase, or births minus deaths, also hit a fecund 15 percent.

This maybe influenced by the fact that Australians, in contrast to Brits, are much more likely to marry and settle down. In fact, the number of Australians tying the knot has hit a 20-year high, throwing the equivalent numbers in Britain into stark relief.

Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) indicate that 118,756 marriages took place there last year, up 2.1 per cent on 2007 and up 12 per cent on a low of 104,000 in 2001, taken over an estimated population of about 21,885,000.

In comparison, there were 270,000 marriages in 2007 in Britain, from a population of roughly 60.5 million at the time (now estimated to be closer to 61 million). This was the lowest since statistics on this subject were first compiled in 1862. The nuptial bottom line is an Australian marriage rate that is an  estimated 19 per cent higher than that of the UK.

Australia’s population jumped by a record 439,100 in the year to March ‘09. That growth rate of 2.1 percent was faster than the United Sates, Canada, almost all of Europe, China, India, Singapore, South Korea and Japan.

The impact of all these new people has been crucial for the Australian housing market, which has avoided the double-digit price losses seen in the U.S. and UK that have crippled consumer confidence and left banks laden with bad debt.

The resilience of house prices was one reason the Australian economy managed to grow over the first half of this year, even while most other developed economies wallowed in recession.

The Australian government now estimates Australia’s population will jump to 35 million by 2049 from the current 21.9 million and compared with a previous forecast of 28 million.

Japan’s population is forecast to fall by a quarter over the same period.

Australia’s Housing Industry Association (HIA) reckons an extra 70,000 homes need to be built every year. Clearly, this creates urgent demand for all trades and professions engaged in the building industry, a demand that will be met in high degree by skilled immigrants.

More people also means more workers and, potentially, more economic output. Even if gross domestic product (GDP) per head remained steady, such an increase would double the country’s annual economic output to A$2 trillion ($1.7 trillion). Assume past rates of annual growth, and it easily tops A$3 trillion.

Policy makers have also concentrated on welcoming  skilled migrants, greatly easing what had been a major handicap for business in Australia.

The majority of immigrants are generally young, thus reducing the problem of an ageing population, a common problem in the developed world. With tax breaks, generous leave and help with child care, Australian governments have actively encouraged Aussies to have more children.

For the Australian government, more people of working age means more potential tax payers.

“So many countries are shrinking and that poses a real problem in terms of having a strong tax base for the future and a strong economy,” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said.

Australia is the 12th largest country in the world and only 55th in terms of population. Explanation? Much of it is uninhabitable desert or bone-dry bush.

Thus, there are those who speak against boosting the nation’s population.

“Sleepwalking into an environmental disaster,” was how one of Labour’s own lawmakers reacted to the population predictions.

In contrast to the nay-sayers, economists are optimistic.

“Yes, there’s a danger of overcrowding, shortages etc., damaging our quality of life,” said Brian Redican, senior economist at Macquarie. “But other countries have managed it.”

“As long as its planned for with more spending on roads, schools, hospitals and such, it should be very positive for economic growth.”

This might explain in part how Australia was so slightly affected by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), riding out the storm better than any other developed economy. The rest of the explanation is probably linked to the nation’s enormous reserves of natural resources and the urgent demand for them from strong countries like China.

However, in response to the GFC and its possible negative affect on employment, the Australian Government did reduce the 2009/2010 Australian skilled migration allocation to 108,100 places, down from a record high of 133,100 at the start of 2009.  It seems likely this maybe adjusted upwards in the short to medium term. But right now, the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is targeting skilled immigrants in the health, IT and engineering sectors and is giving state/territory governments and employers greater scope for nominating skilled migrants to fill jobs they need filled most urgently.

Prospective migrants still have several options open for making the move to Australia to establish themselves in a long-term career and a great lifestyle, in the peace and prosperity of a country whose future looks even better than its past.

Although well over 100,000 skilled migrants will be accepted into Australia even in the current budget period, the shortfall caused by that cut will be magnified as recovery continues. If you want to move to Australia, or think you might in the future, consult an online Australian visa advisor, or see how in demand your trade or profession is, simply by checking out the priority lists, and then accessing an assessment.

Anyone considering a move to Australia, might be well-advised to select a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist and start researching that lucky country’s opportunities both current, and imminent.

This could be the direct route to helping Australia’s population grow and to benefiting from its booming economy.

However, this hasn’t stopped generations of more than usually aware immigrants moving there over the decades … millions since World war 2. Not all were Brits and Irish, to be sure: Australia now welcomes skilled immigrants from India, China, the Philippines, the USA, anywhere really. Australia has a desperate need for these skilled people because it is doing very well in a world that is largely stumbling through an economic minefield. Australia has managed to avoid recession essentially for two reasons: it has a seemingly endless supply of natural resources including iron ore, bauxite, gold, rare earths, uranium, oil and huge reserves of natural gas. Secondly, in China, it has a customer with a voracious appetite for those resources. With a kind of economic umbilical cord linking it to a huge and growing economy, Australia’s main challenge is finding enough people to undertake the skilled work the booming economy must have, in all areas from skilled manual trades to IT professionals and Health industry staff of all descriptions.

So why are so many Brits packing for Australia now? Sadly, in Britain, things aren’t going so well. Unemployment has soared to a 14-year high of 2.4 million and is expected to peak at about three million in 2010. That’s a lot of unemployment benefits, and they don’t cover even the mortgage payments. Trouble looms and recovery doesn’t look likely anytime soon. Consequently, Brits are packing up their skills, their tools and very often their families and shuffling off to the Land Down under, as those many millions have done before them.

Hays, the international recruitment consultancy, has reported a 20 per cent increase in the number of Brits seeking jobs in Australia in the past year.

While economic uncertainty at the beginning of the Global Financial Crisis downturn resulted in many households putting their emigration plans on hold, the Hays figures suggest that many have resumed their hunt for a better lifestyle. It seems likely that the pace will pick up quickly, as it takes time to apply for an Aussie skilled visa and have it approved, so the sooner one sets the wheels in motion, the quicker one can complete the process and start a new life.

Hays attributes the rise in moves to Australia to better economic conditions there, supported by warmer weather, the fact that the Aussies speak English and live a very enviable lifestyle.

Alistair Cox, Hays’ chief executive, said: “There has been a downturn over there, too, but Australia is in better shape. It entered into recession later but has come out earlier. The job market is tough, but there are still more opportunities than there are here.”

Some Australian companies, such as Leighton Contractors, Australia’s largest project development and construction company, are actively recruiting skilled workers from Britain for work on infrastructure projects.

The renewed appeal of a life overseas comes as one in six households in the UK are officially “workless”. The number of households where no one of working age is in employment has surged by 239,000 over the past year to 3.3 million, the highest level since records began in 1997, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). These are very distressing figures that won’t be reversed easily or soon.

Sydney is Australia’s most expensive city when it comes to  cost of living but it’s cheaper than London, according to the latest study by UBS, the Swiss investment bank, based on global prices and earnings. London ranked the 21st most expensive, while Sydney was 38th. Other Australian cities are even less expensive. Wage levels are marginally higher in Sydney. That is, ‘Sydneysiders’ earn 70 per cent of the typical New York wage, the benchmark for the UBS study. Londoners, despite a higher cost of living, earn just 69 per cent.

While Australia is the favoured destination for fleeing Brits, according to a recent study, others go to the United States, New Zealand and Canada. The majority of migrants to Australia apply for and obtain a skilled migrant visa through the Australian General Skilled Migration programme. Increasing numbers are going under the special purpose 457 visa, which allows Australian employers to sponsor immigrants to work for them for a specified time.

The British Conservative Parliamentary Opposition says the UK Government has paid out more than £340 billion in benefits since it came to power in 1997, spending more than £106 billion in housing benefit and £92 billion in incapacity benefits. The bill for jobseeker’s allowance is estimated to be £36 billion.Thus, it seems clear that Brits going to Australia to regenerate their careers are delivering financial benefit to both countries, as well as to themselves.

So what sort of jobs are on offer Downunder? They’re crying out for almost any qualified and experienced trades person or professional, including bricklayers, plumbers, engineers, health workers, administrators, oil & gas workers and airline pilots among many more. Right now there are thousands of positions vacant in Australia, awaiting skilled workers and professionals from the UK, Ireland and elsewhere.

In 2009 alone, over 200,000 new jobs have been created in Australia as the country evades recession and its economy continues to expand. Massive new trade and export deals plus multi-billion dollar national infrastructure projects are in train, to create more than a million new jobs over the next five years
Australia is a rapidly growing country and its ‘boom city’ is Melbourne, where demand for workers is rising every month. Thousands of jobs are being created in and around the city as developers struggle to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing population. Government reports indicate Melbourne is set for a property boom with the number of new homes forecast to rise by 40% in the next five years.

Official figures show the number of new homes will increase by 64,00 between now and 2014. Major new construction works are also planned in the city’s office, retail and hotel sectors. The expanding economy is fuelling great demand for office and factory space in addition to new homes for a rising population. It all adds up to an ever-expanding need for skilled workers. In fact, workers are urgently needed across the spectrum. For example, the most in-demand workers in Australia at this time are bricklayers, who can earn an average $AU3,660.57 (£2,000) per week.

Tradespeople and professionals from construction to admin and I.T are all in demand and the trend will continue for many years, creating and securing tens of thousands of new jobs. For UK workers and their families it’s an opportunity to gain well-paid jobs and revel in a new, laid-back lifestyle.

Australia also offers a ‘business visa’ to encourage business people and entrepreneurs looking for greener pastures, to consider a new life Downunder. With everything forging ahead so strongly and at such a fast rate, there are many opportunities to build a business career, a business, large or small and a very superior lifestyle.

If you are a skilled trades person or professional, it’s a good idea to start exploring the Australian opportunities for yourself expeditiously, preferably with help from an experienced immigration advisor. One way of doing this is to contact an established, reputable and successful Australian immigration advisory service with a proven track record with successful applicants from Ireland, the UK, India, the US and many other countries.

And don’t forget to pack your swimming costume and sunscreen!

If you doubt Australia’s ability to master highly technical tasks think about this:

The U.S. Navy is considering a bid to use a shipbuilding centre in Port Adelaide, in the State of South Australia as a repair base for its warships.

As it happens, the U.S. is holding talks with the State Government over the proposal involving the $300 million Techport facility at Osborne.

Australia’s new $8 billion air warfare destroyers will be built at Techport, which also will be the construction base for the Royal Australian Navy’s next generation of submarines.

Premier Mike Rann and Defence SA chief executive Andrew Fletcher visited the Pentagon to have talks with U.S Government defence officials over the use of Techport, which includes a 213m wharf and the largest shiplift in the southern hemisphere.

“Strategically, there is much more work that can be done at this fantastic brand new state-of-the-art naval shipbuilding facility,” Mr Rann said.

“Techport Australia is a safe and secure location to undertake such repairs for naval vessels.”

It is understood almost any U.S. warship, except an aircraft carrier, is capable of being repaired at the site. Currently, the U.S. has repair bases in Japan and Singapore.

How much opportunity do you reckon these projects will create for skilled workers, some of whom are already residing in Australia, while many others are currently filling out skilled visa applications, or thinking about it.

And what about infrastructure projects in this atmosphere of global financial trepidation? In fact, Australian construction work spending was much stronger than expected in the last quarter as investment on infrastructure projects jumped, boding well for growth in the economy as a whole.

Government data showed the value of construction work fell just 0.1 per cent in the quarter to a seasonally adjusted $35.03 billion, easily reversing gloomy forecasts of a 4.0 per cent fall. First-quarter data was revised upwards to show fall of 2.2 per cent, from a drop of 3.7 per cent.

The data showed weakness in residential and non-residential building investments, offset by a strong 5.7 per cent rebound in engineering work, such as on roads and mines.

And, for the first time, spending on engineering projects outstripped investment in housing and commercial building. Not a bad result at all.

The data is a key building block for the second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report and the surprise result could mean there is an upside risk to analysts’ forecasts.

“The unexpected rebound in engineering works in the second quarter points to a less weak-than-expected investment result for next week’s GDP result, providing some upside to our forecast,” said Scott Haslem, chief economist at UBS.

Australia dodged a technical recession in the first quarter, one of the few rich nations to do so. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its growth forecasts, forecasting a GDP growth of 0.5 per cent for all of 2009.

The RBA also dropped an easy monetary policy bias, and made clear rates could be expected to rise to normal levels over time. The cash rate is currently at a record low of 3 per cent.

Financial markets are fully pricing in a first 25 basis point rate rise in December, with a chance the RBA could move as early as November. The Aussie dollar is edging steadily upwards against the greenback, Sterling and many other better-known currencies.

The construction sector accounts for about 15 per cent of the entire Australian economy.

Spending on non-residential projects like offices, hospitals and shopping malls slumped 9.5 per cent as funds flowing into the commercial property sector dried up.

Yet spending on engineering projects rose 5.7 per cent in the quarter, to be up a whopping 22.7 per cent year-on-year.

This surge was pushed by robust investment in mining projects and private-public ventures to build roads, rails and ports. The public sector has also helped as state governments spent big on infrastructure.

“The strength (in engineering spending) was particularly notable in the private sector and was broad based across all states,” said Paul Brennan, analyst at Citi.

“Overall, the construction data reinforce our view that GDP will show positive growth in the June quarter.”

The amount for building in the pipeline also showed resilience. Work approved but yet to be started stood at $10.07 billion, up from $9.39 billion in the previous quarter.

And there was reason for optimism on engineering as well. The federal government on Wednesday approved a massive $50 billion liquefied natural gas project off western Australia.

Adam Carr, senior economist at ICAP, said the data pointed to a stronger business investment outlook than earlier assumed.

“So then, I am feeling comfortable with my view that we won’t see a massive slump in investment going forward. It is coming off, but not at a worrying pace,” he said.

Can you begin to imagine the scale of skilled worker recruitment that would be generated by this plethora of construction projects of many kinds? It would be easy to imagine that skilled trades people and professionals now resident in the world’s moribund economies will jump at the chance to take well paid and challenging jobs in a country that can re-ignite their stalled careers and keep them firing for many years to come.

Then of course, there’s the automotive industry. Australian designed Holdens (and Fords) have been sold in overseas markets for some years, often anonymously, re-badged as Chevs or Pontiacs, and Australian designed and built engines are exported by the boatload. But now, Toyota has officially launched the first Australian-built hybrid car as production began at its Altona assembly plant in Melbourne.

Last year the Australian Federal Government contributed 35 million Australian dollars (29.4 million U.S. dollars) to help support Toyota’s plans to build 10,000 Camry hybrids each year at the plant from 2010.

“The Hybrid Camry is a significant step towards a greener, more sustainable automotive industry,” Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr said in a statement.

“This is a major achievement for Toyota Australia - this plant is one of only five Toyota plants in the world making hybrid vehicles.”

The Camry uses a four-cylinder petrol engine as well as an electric engine which the car reverts to when it is travelling slowly or is stationary.

Carr said it was another example of a greener Australian automotive industry that was introducing new technologies and products aimed at reducing fuel consumption and car emissions.

It all adds up to several decades of red-hot opportunity for engineers, tradies, designers, architects, IT professionals and so on, who can be employed directly in these industries. Then there are those who can be employed in businesses and industries that can service those industries discussed above. And don’t forget the businessmen and entrepreneurs who can establish small and growing businesses in a climate that really encourages enterprise.

Well over 100,000 skilled migrants will be accepted into Australia even in the current budget period, which has been infected by the Global Financial Crisis. Fortunately, Australia has suffered only a mild case of GFC and is already well on the road to recovery. Consequently, the shortfall caused by that reduced quota will be magnified as that recovery forges ahead.

Anyone considering a move to Australia and an economic climate more conducive to advancing personal ambitions and establishing a generally better life, would be well-advised to select a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist and start researching Australia’s profuse and diverse opportunities for skilled workers and professionals in trades, technology and management.

The Rudd Government says it wants to bring in up to 230,000 migrants annually over the next 40 years, according to a new Immigration Department report on skilled arrivals.

This is about the same number as last year’s record intake, even though it was chopped by 18,000 places because of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The government issues paper, Select Skills: Principles for a New Migration Occupations in Demand List states that Australia needs to maintain an annual migration intake of between 150,000 and 230,000 people, partly to deal with the ageing of Australia’s workforce.

“Within the framework, it will be important that those skilled migrants we choose are not only young and healthy, but also have a high level of education, language and skills,” it said.

Monash University demographer Dr Bob Birrell says the latest data showed that young Australians were losing jobs as migrants streamed in.

“The real brunt of the fall in jobs is being felt by young people,” he said.

“Yet the Federal Government is barrelling on with its big migration numbers.”

Dr Birrell said Australia could deal with its ageing workforce problem through better training and smarter work practices.

A major poll taken after the latest federal election revealed growing concern about high migration, with more than 40 per cent of Victorians wanting it cut.

This was way above the 27 per cent who wanted a reduction during a 2004 survey. It is believed that rising concern about jobs, urban congestion and water shortages is driving negative attitudes towards migration.

Immigration Minister Chris Evans said this week that recent changes to skilled migration rules were helping to fill critical skill gaps.

“A properly targeted migration program will ensure we have the right-sized and appropriately skilled labour force,” he said.

Numbers of skilled workers wanting to re-locate to Australia are still increasing, with many of them finding the migration program easier and more effective in matching them up with Australian employers, often taking advantage of the 457 visa, which allows employers to sponsor selected skilled people on strict terms.

Figures released by the office of the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans, show that the number of employer-sponsored skilled migrants rose by 60 per cent.

Mr Evans says that this is positive proof that recent changes, such as the introduction of the Critical Skills List, is having a significant impact.

The Critical Skills List (CSL) was introduced in January and was set up to specifically target the shortages experienced in some parts of Australia, in skilled occupations. Those applicants whose profession was on the CSL list would see their visa application fast-tracked along with those who were able to get employer or state sponsorship.

Mr Evans said: “Australia’s migration program is better targeting the needs of Australian employers who are still experiencing skill shortages…The migration intake in the coming year reflects the economic conditions while ensuring employers can gain access to skilled professionals in industries still experiencing skills shortages such as healthcare and engineering.”

The occupations that saw the most successful applicants were accountancy, computing professionals and nurses. Britain had the highest number of skilled workers applying, with 23,178 successful applicants in 2008/9, closely followed by India (20,105) and China (13,927).

The figures show that there has been a decrease in numbers of people immigrating to Australia from the UK, but that has changed this year with 30,590 people migrating in 2008/9, up from 28,029 in 2007/8.

Further changes to the migration program are also expected later this month, allowing athletes who have migrated to Australia, to represent the country at sporting events such as the Olympics.

Previously it has been difficult for athletes to meet the strict citizen requirements because of their travelling commitments, but Mr Evans states: “Elite athletes who have the potential to represent Australia at an international level but need to be citizens to do so have been disadvantaged along with some specialist professionals including international airline pilots and offshore oil rig workers. These changes will create a smoother path to citizenship for elite athletes and people in specialist professions and enable Australia to benefit from the talents and skills they bring to our country.”

Skilled migrants would benefit by exploring Australia’s skilled migration now, before the big rush to move to a country whose future looks even better than its past gets even more congested.

If you want to move to Australia, or think you might in the future, consult an online Australian visa advisor, and see how in demand your trade or profession is, by checking out the priority lists, and accessing an assessment.

Also, it might be advisable to select a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist and start researching that lucky country’s opportunities in the very near future.

The joint venture by Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil is already underpinned by supply contracts with China and India worth more than 60 billion US dollars, and more customers are likely to sign up before it begins operating in 2014.

Gorgon is just one of a clutch of LNG projects planned in the next decade that analysts say will pump tens of billions of dollars into the economy and see Australia challenge Qatar as the world’s major gas exporter.

Hailing Gorgon’s 41 billion US supply contract with PetroChina this month — the largest trade deal in Australian history — the government said LNG was an important part of the country’s future prosperity.

“This unprecedented export deal confirms Australia?s importance as a global energy superpower supplying vital clean energy resources and technologies to China and our other Asia-Pacific trading partners,” Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said.

It is clear that development in the area of LNG will create opportunity in many allied fields, with an accompanying demand for skilled workers in a variety of areas from IT to food production, to Health Services.

Asian demand for coal and iron ore have helped Australia’s economy avoid recession during the global downturn but State One Stockbroking analyst Peter Kopetz said LNG was the next boom commodity.

The gas is liquefied for shipping abroad, where it is turned back into gas and distributed via pipeline.

“The numbers are phenomenal. When you look at them it’s mind-boggling,” he said. “It’s going to be LNG boom times.”

Australia exported 15.2 million tonnes of LNG worth 5.2 billion dollars in 2006, a figure the government estimates will quadruple to 60 million tonnes by 2015 if all currently planned projects proceed.

“Potentially, there could be many more projects coming on board,” Kopetz said, pointing out that new discoveries were being made all the time.

He said Australia had the potential to become “the Middle East of gas” in coming decades as the world’s oil supplies dwindled.

“Have a look at the Middle East, how they’ve benefited over the past 50-60 years from the oil boom,” he said.

Western Australia is the centre of the LNG boom with three huge gas fields off its north-west coast: the Carnarvon, Browse and Bonaparte basins.

But Kopetz also points out that Queensland state on the east coast has significant reserves of coal seam gas (CSG), naturally occurring methane trapped by water deep underground that can be converted to LNG.

Shell plans a CSG plant in Queensland expected to produce up to 16 million tonnes of LNG a year, with other energy giants such as Britain’s BG Group, ConocoPhillips, and Malaysia’s Petronas also developing projects in the area.

Despite the proliferation of LNG schemes, EL&C Baillieu head of research Ivor Ries said there was sufficient demand from Asia.

He said existing LNG fields in Malaysia and Indonesia were coming to the end of their operational life, creating a market for Australian gas.

Asian buyers were also keen to source gas from Australia rather than outside the region because it offered a secure supply, Ries said.

“If you’re in Asia, you don’t have to route your ships through a war zone, which is the Middle East, and the distance is shorter,” he said.

However, not everyone is happy about Australia’s rush to exploit its LNG reserves, with green groups raising concerns that environmental factors are being neglected.

Environment Minister Peter Garrett has conceded Gorgon is “greenhouse-gas intensive” and could raise national emissions by up to one percent if ambitious plans to pump carbon dioxide emissions into the seabed fail.

But while Garrett included 28 conditions in his Gorgon approval designed to protect the environment, Ries said the government was determined to develop LNG resources.

He said the industry had the potential to overtake coal as the country’s most valuable export, generating jobs, boosting the economy and filling government coffers with tens of billions of dollars in tax revenue.

“The tax figures are quite exciting for government. If all these projects go ahead, Canberra and the states of Queensland and Western Australia would be awash with cash,” he said.

If any skilled workers happen to read this information in other countries around the world, they might explore long-term Australian opportunities that could assure their futures. Australia is famous for its laid-back lifestyle and the ability of Australian residents to enjoy the peace and prosperity in a country whose future looks even better than its past.

If anyone does want to move to Australia, a first step would be to consult an online Australian visa advisor, and see how in demand their trade or profession is, by checking the priority lists, and accessing an assessment.

it might also be a good idea to select a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist and start researching that lucky country’s opportunities.

Government data showed the value of construction work fell just 0.1 per cent in the quarter to a seasonally adjusted $35.03 billion, a huge improvement on forecasts of a 4.0 per cent fall. First-quarter data was revised upwards to show fall of 2.2 per cent, from a drop of 3.7 per cent.

The data showed weakness in residential and non-residential building investments, but that was offset by a strong 5.7 per cent rebound in engineering work, such as on roads and mines.

This once again underscores Australia’s ever tightening skills bottleneck and the concommitant need to bring appropriately qualified and experienced trades people and professional people into the country to fill the ever-growing list of vacancies.

For the first time, spending on engineering projects outstripped investment in housing and commercial building.

The data is a key building block for the second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report due on September 2 and the surprise result could mean there is an upside risk to analysts’ forecasts.

“The unexpected rebound in engineering works in the second quarter points to a less weak-than-expected investment result for next week’s GDP result, providing some upside to our forecast,” said Scott Haslem, chief economist at UBS.

Australia dodged a technical recession in the first quarter, one of the few rich nations to do so. Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its growth forecasts, forecasting a GDP growth of 0.5 per cent for all of 2009.

The RBA also dropped an easy monetary policy bias, and made clear rates could be expected to rise to normal levels over time. The cash rate is currently at a record low of 3 per cent.

Financial markets are fully pricing in a first 25 basis point rate rise in December, with a chance the RBA could move as early as November. The Aussie dollar is currently at around 87 US cents and heading north.

The construction sector accounts for about 15 per cent of the entire economy. Spending on buildings fell 5.7 per cent, with investment on residential activity dropping 2.6 per cent.

Yet spending on engineering projects rose 5.7 per cent in the quarter, to be up a whopping 22.7 per cent year-on-year.

It was led by robust investment in mining projects and private-public ventures to build roads, rails and ports. The public sector has also helped as state governments spent big on infrastructure.

“The strength (in engineering spending) was particularly notable in the private sector and was broad based across all states,” said Paul Brennan, analyst at Citi.

“Overall, the construction data reinforce our view that GDP will show positive growth in the June quarter.”

The amount for building in the pipeline also showed resilience. Work approved but yet to be started stood at $10.07 billion, up from $9.39 billion in the previous quarter.

And there was reason for optimism on engineering as well, when the federal government approved a massive $50 billion liquefied natural gas project off western Australia, one of several in development.

Adam Carr, senior economist at ICAP, said the data pointed to a stronger business investment outlook than earlier assumed.

“So then, I am feeling comfortable with my view that we won’t see a massive slump in investment going forward. It is coming off, but not at a worrying pace,” he said.

One regional example of this infrastructure boom is the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales is positioning itself for an economic boom, with infrastructure giants Australian Rail Track Corporation, EnergyAustralia and Hunter Water ready to spend $15 billion on projects over the next 10 years in preparation for the region’s projected population of 800,000 by 2030.

The Hunter is going from strength to strength, with all indicators showing the area is driving the NSW economy.

NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal, Hunter Business Chamber officials and an economist from the Hunter Valley Research Foundation say the region is doing “extremely well” across all sectors, reflected in an unemployment rate of just over 6 per cent, considerably lower than the Illawarra at 8.3 per cent.

Mr Roozendaal described the Hunter as a powerhouse of the NSW economy and one of the powerhouses of the Australian economy.

He said consumer and business confidence had lifted in the Hunter in the June quarter and jobs had increased in the mining and manufacturing sectors.

Hunter Business Chamber chief executive Peter Shinnick said the building sector was about to receive a shot in the arm, with Bovis Lend Lease ready to roll out tens of millions of dollars in contracts through the Schools Building Education Revolution program.

In addition, the Australian Rail Track Corporation, EnergyAustralia and Hunter Water had long-term plans for the Hunter.

The rail corporation has recently released its 2009-2018 Hunter Valley Corridor Capacity Strategy, listing $2.5 billion in projects.

EnergyAustralia will spend more than $11 billion on capacity upgrades and Hunter Water more than $2 billion on various projects including Tillegra Dam.

“We’re talking major programs and major jobs and this is government spending. On top of that is the substantial investment by the private sector,” Mr Shinnick said.

Hunter Business Chamber member and Maitland Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Jennifer Nichols said there was still a lot of interest from major businesses such as OfficeWorks in booming centres like Maitland.

“And they do intensive research before they move in. They are putting their hands up and saying Maitland and the Hunter is where we want to be,” Mrs Nichols said.

“We have been well prepared in terms of our attitude and the way we took on the economic crisis, which is reflected in reports from the Property Council and Hunter Valley Research Foundation who both agree we weathered the storm quite well.”

Hunter Valley Research Foundation economist Andrew Searles said the Hunter had grown stronger because its economy had diversified since the 1990s.

“There have been significant structural shifts in the way the region’s economy has moved, with more being employed in the knowledge sector such as health, education, property development services and engineering,” Mr Searles said.

Mr Shinnick said the port’s coal-loading capacity was the key to the Hunter’s economic growth.

“In 2013 the capacity at Newcastle Port will be 200 million tonnes, double what it currently is,” he said.

“This will lead to a whole bunch of other investments by resources-based companies.

“If you thought we went through an economic boom in 2008, wait for another year or two. It will be bigger and better.”

Potential skilled immigrants now resident in various countries, would be very encouraged by these developments and the range and choice available in skilled occupations and locations around this huge, diverse and beautiful country. This is especially so if they are seeking long-term futures and the prospect of permanent residency.

Well over 100,000 skilled migrants will be accepted into Australia even in the current budget period, which coincides with severe economic strictures in most developed economies. Those wishing to move to Australia, or considering that possibility, could consult an online Australian visa advisor, or check the demand for their trade or profession and maybe accessing a skilled visa assessment.

Anyone considering this move might be well-advised to select a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist and start researching that lucky country’s opportunities both current, and into the future.

Recent figures showed population growth topped 2 percent in the year to March, the fastest pace on record and the highest of any advanced economy. There could well be 60 percent more Australians in the next four decades, a fertile contrast to countries like Japan and Germany where numbers are shrinking.

“While Europe and Japan are stagnating, Australia is moving ahead,” said James Craig, chief economist at CommSec. “More people translates to increased spending and demand for homes, and as a result, increased momentum for our economy.”

As has been historically, such growth intensifies the demand for thousands of skilled trades people and professionals, to fill skilled positions for which there are no resident Australians. Many Australian industries depend on immigrants for growth and - in the case of mines - for getting off the ground in the first place.

Many of Australia’s current population were ‘imported’, as millions have been ‘imported’ since World War 2. The past year’s net migration of 278,200 was the highest for any year since 1788. Yet the natural rate of increase, or births minus deaths, also hit a fecund 15 percent.

Australia’s population jumped by a record 439,100 in the year to March, 2009. That growth rate of 2.1 percent was faster than the United Sates, Canada, almost all of Europe, China, India, Singapore, South Korea and Japan.

The impact of all these new people has been crucial for the Australian housing market, which has avoided the double-digit price losses seen in the U.S. and UK that have crippled consumer confidence and left banks laden with bad debt.

Data from property experts Residex showed house prices rose 1.3 percent in August, the third month of gains. National average house prices were 1.9 percent above their 2008 peak, a long way from the 40 percent falls seen in some U.S. states.

The resilience of house prices was one reason the Australian economy managed to grow over the first half of this year, even while most other developed economies wallowed in recession.

More Australians means more pressure and more opportunity.

Home construction is already failing to keep pace with demand, a trend exacerbated by a squeeze on financing for big apartment projects because of the global financial crisis. And the gap could only get worse. Thus, the building industry is one that holds out high potential opportunity for trades people, engineers, IT professionals amongst the many needed to progress a vigourous building boom.

The Labour government now estimates Australia’s population will jump to 35 million by 2049 from the current 21.9 million and compared with a previous forecast of 28 million.

In contrast, Japan’s population is forecast to fall by a quarter over the same period.

Australia’s Housing Industry Association (HIA) reckons an extra 70,000 homes need to be built every year. It doesn’t take an exceptional imagination to work out that many of the people needed to build these houses must be brought in from other countries.

“Already Australia has a substantial gap between the supply of dwellings and underlying demand,” said Shane Goodwin, HIA’s deputy managing director. “The gap is set to widen further with obvious consequences for house prices, rents and affordability.”

More people also means more workers and, potentially, more economic output.

Even if gross domestic product (GDP) per head remained steady, such an increase would double the country’s annual economic output to A$2 trillion ($1.7 trillion). Assume past rates of annual growth, and it easily tops A$3 trillion.

Policy makers have also concentrated on bringing in skilled migrants, greatly easing what had been a major handicap for business here, particularly in healthcare and mining.

And they are generally young, so helping address the problem of an ageing population, a common problem in the developed world. Australians have also been encouraged to have more kids with tax breaks, generous leave and help with child care.

Japan this week marked a venerable milestone when one in every four women reached 65 or over. China also faces a rapidly ageing population, while for Asia overall, the proportion of those 65 or over is expected to quadruple by 2050 to almost 1 billion.

For the Australian government, more people of working age means more potential tax payers.

“So many countries are shrinking and that poses a real problem in terms of having a strong tax base for the future and a strong economy,” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd declared last week.

This population surge not without its challenges. Not everyone is happy at the prospect of a world with more Australians in it. Some say water, infrastructure and health resources in the world’s driest inhabited continent are already overstretched.

Australia may be the 12th largest country in the world and only 55th in terms of population, but much of the land mass is uninhabitable desert or bone-dry bush. Currently, Australia is battling one of its worst droughts ever and is one of the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.

Locals were reminded of that this week when a storm swept 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from the centre of the country to cloak Sydney in fine red dust. “Sleepwalking into an environmental disaster,” was how one of Labour’s own lawmakers reacted to the population predictions.

Yet economists are optimistic.

“Yes, there’s a danger of overcrowding, shortages etc damaging our quality of life,” said Brian Redican, senior economist at Macquarie. “But other countries have managed it.”

“As long as its planned for with more spending on roads, schools, hospitals and such, it should be very positive for economic growth.”

Despite the prophecies of doom and the vocal nay-sayers, there is no doubt that Australia will absorb many tens of thousands of skilled immigrants this year, next year and for many decades into the future.

These skilled migrants, currently resident in many countries throughout the world, are looking out for long-term opportunities that could assure their long-term futures. These prospective migrants have many options open for making the move to Australia for a great lifestyle, a long-term career and an advantageous place to enjoy peace and prosperity in a country whose future looks even better than its past.

Anyone wishing to move to Australia,would be wise to consult an online Australian visa advisor, or see how in demand your trade or profession is, simply by checking out the priority lists.

Then, they might be well-advised to select a reputable, proven and successful Australian visa advisory specialist and start researching that lucky country’s opportunities both current, and imminent.