Australian Immigration News

• Crime link to student scam
  November 2009 - The Age CHRIS JOHNSTON, October 31, 2009 A CARTEL of migration agents linked to organised crime is running ... [more]
• Australian universities - safe, but not very good
  November 2009 - The Age, ERICA CERVINI, October 25, 2009 UNIVERSITY bureaucrats would have danced a jig just over a week ago when a ... [more]
• Confidence hits 2-year high
  October 2009 - Confidence hits 2-year high on brighter outlook TheAge.com.au Chris Zappone October 14, 2009 - 11:25AM ... [more]
• Jobs hit all-time high
  October 2009 - So this is what the RBA had early knowledge of: employment in Australia is running at an all-time high. The ... [more]
• Strong jobs data reinforces rate hike expectations
  October 2009 - The median market forecast was for total employment to fall 10,000 in September, an unemployment rate of 6 per cent and ... [more]
• Australian Job advertisements rise 4.4% in September
  October 2009 - Job advertisements in newspapers and the internet rose by 4.4% in September, the fastest rate since November 2007, ... [more]
• New Priority Processing Arrangement
  October 2009 - As of 23 September 2009, skilled visa applications that are categorised as lower priority groups cannot be processed ... [more]
• 457 Visa Changes
  October 2009 - Several changes were announced on 14 September 2009 by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship regarding the ... [more]
• More foreigners can stay while applying for visa
  September 2009 - FOREIGNERS whose temporary visas have expired and who are in a relationship with an Australian citizen or resident will ... [more]
• The World's Happiest Cities
  September 2009 - Ever since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared in the 1933 film Flying Down to Rio, the world has been fascinated ... [more]

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• Foreign workers to be paid local rates
  September 2009 - FOREIGN guest workers will have to be paid market rates under a new step by the Federal Government to protect ... [more]
• Immigration plan brings Australia's needs to the fore
  September 2009 - IMMIGRATION officials are preparing a 50-year migration plan to ensure that intakes consider a range of long-term ... [more]
• Jump in jobs advertisements adds strength to recovery
  September 2009 - Australia's jobs outlook is increasingly positive, with two reports released today showing the biggest jump in ... [more]
• UK main source of permanent migrants
  September 2009 - Australia's permanent migration report, released yesterday, shows that the United Kingdom remains the country's ... [more]
• 20,000 Indians migrated to Australia in 2008-09
  September 2009 - Melbourne: Unfazed by the attacks on Indian students Down Under, over 20,000 Indians have migrated under Australia's ... [more]
• Irish migrants Down Under up by a third
  September 2009 - The number of young Irish people moving to work in Australia has increased by 33% in the past year. According to the ... [more]
• Migration rules set for revamp
  August 2009 - AUSTRALIA'S immigration policy is set for an overhaul amid concerns that it is failing to meet the nation's long-term ... [more]
• Want job, will travel
  August 2009 - Ten years of rapid immigration have been touted as the key to Australia's prosperity. But at what cost? Mary-Anne Toy ... [more]
• Australia's Deputy PM to visit India
  August 2009 - Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard will visit India later this month in a bid to address concerns over the ... [more]
• Study in Australia fair sees huge participation
  August 2009 - KATHMANDU, Aug 20: The Australian Embassy in Nepal in partnership with the Australian Trade Commission, the Australian ... [more]
• Australia think twice about linking visas with degrees - feature
  August 2009 - Sydney - Australia's wine industry is a victim of its own success, with export volume up and earnings down as the ... [more]
• Migration agents to import advice
  August 2009 - An Advisory Board has been appointed for the newly established Office of Migration Agents Registration Authority. ... [more]
• Holy Cash Cows
  July 2009 - Reporter Wendy Carlisle reveals how dodgy business practices are being used to rip off foreign students seeking ... [more]
• Migration biggest source of Australia's population growth
  July 2009 - Migration accounts for 60 percent of Australia's population growth with the United Kingdom remaining the biggest source ... [more]
• Britons make up bulk of new Australians
  July 2009 - MIGRATION accounts for 60 per cent of Australia's population growth with the United Kingdom remaining the greatest ... [more]
• AUSTRALIA: International education at crossroads
  July 2009 - Despite changes to Australia's immigration rules that have slashed the number of foreign students obtaining permanent ... [more]
• Skills shortage will return soon: report
  July 2009 - SKILLED workers will soon be in short supply even if overall unemployment continues to rise, a report says. The ... [more]
• Skills shortage hits finance sector
  July 2009 - This time last year when the credit crunch lurched into a credit crisis, financial services firms around the world ... [more]
• Demographers at odds over population drivers
  July 2009 - Social demographer Mark McCrindle says Australia's population is set to hit 22 million before the end of the year, 40 ... [more]
• SAP eyes user group summit to address skills shortage
  July 2009 - A lack of Australian-specific SAP skills has kept the software giant on the skilled migration list for nine years, but ... [more]

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