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Pacific Worker Scheme Sparks Unemployment Debate

Pacific worker scheme sparks unemployment debate ABC NEWS Posted Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:39pm AEDT Updated Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:27pm AEDT The first contingent of unskilled workers has arrived in Australia. (ABC) The first group of unskilled workers flown … Continue reading

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Falling $NZ Attracts Foreign Students

Falling $NZ attracts foreign students Sydney Morning Herald February 12, 2009 The falling value of the New Zealand dollar has been a boost to education providers looking to attract international students. In the year to February 1, Immigration NZ issued … Continue reading

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Tougher Pay Rules On Working Visas

Tougher pay rules on working visas Tom Arup WA Today.com.au Canberra February 12, 2009 People on temporary 457 working visas will be paid wages at “market rates” under proposed changes to employer obligations by the Federal Government. The same changes … Continue reading

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NZ Fears Over Filipino Nurse Training

NZ fears over Filipino nurse training By Lincoln Tan New Zealand Herald 4:00AM Monday Feb 09, 2009 (PHOTO : Filipino nurse Ruby Lat told the Herald in January that the Nursing Council's rule was unfair. Photo / Martin Sykes) The … Continue reading

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More Leave For Australia, But Overall Migrant Gain

More leave for Australia, but overall migrant gain Radio New Zealand Updated at 3:11pm on 4 February 2009 The number of people moving across the Tasman hit a record high in 2008, with an annual net loss to Australia of … Continue reading

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NZ Annual Immigration Growth Falls To Eight-Year Low

New Zealand Annual Immigration Growth Falls to Eight-Year Low By Tracy Withers Bloomberg Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — New Zealands annual immigration growth fell to an eight-year low in 2008, adding to signs that weak consumer spending and demand for housing … Continue reading

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Australia Pushes Expansion Of Pacific Workers Scheme

Australia pushes expansion of Pacific workers scheme Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean says big projects around (PHOTO :Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean says big projects around the region mean there is potential to expand the Pacific workers scheme.) [AAP] ABC … Continue reading

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Fishermen Found In Icebox Don’t Want To Go Home

Fishermen found in icebox don't want to go home The Australian Article from: Australian Associated Press January 30, 2009 TWO fishermen found floating in an oversized icebox in the Torres Strait have told authorities they do not want to be … Continue reading

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Asian Immigration Growing Fast In Australia : Census

Asian immigration growing fast in Australia: census AFP January 29, 2009 SYDNEY (AFP) Australia's Asian population is growing rapidly as more immigrants from across the region pour into a country once despised for its racially exclusive policies, official statistics showed … Continue reading

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Record 1900 New Aussies At WA Ceremony

Record 1,900 new Aussies at WA ceremony Warwick Stanley The Sydney Morning Herald January 26, 2009 No-one has done better than Australia at settling migrants, Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Evans has told the nation's largest Australia Day citizenship ceremony. … Continue reading

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Population Australia’s Biggest Threat

Population Australia's 'big threat' Peter Ker The Age January 24, 2009 PROMINENT Australians have thrown their support behind a controversial new book which argues that population growth is the biggest threat to environmental sustainability in this country. In a provocative … Continue reading

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Sacked Workers On 457 Visas Stay Illegally

Sacked workers on 457 visas stay illegally Yuko Narushima Sydney Morning Herald January 23, 2009 A BLACKMARKET of workers will grow as mining and construction companies lay off migrants on 457 visas because of the financial crisis, unions are warning. … Continue reading

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Advocates Want Asylum Seekers Working

Advocates want Asylum seekers working Michelle Draper The Age January 22, 2009 All asylum seekers should be given the right to work, rather than relying on charity, a federal government inquiry has been told. In a submission to a federal … Continue reading

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52% More Young Irish Granted Work Holiday Visas For Australia

52% more young Irish granted work holiday visas for Australia The Government has announced a 37 per cent increase in funding to provide services to Irish in Australia CONOR POPE The Irish Times January 20, 2009 THE NUMBER of young … Continue reading

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Make Skilled Migration Cut For Environment : ACF

Make skilled migration cut for environment: ACF By Online parliamentary correspondent Emma Rodgers Posted Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:00pm AEDT http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/18/2468629.htm The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has urged the Federal Government to make a “substantial reduction” to its skilled migration … Continue reading

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Villawood To Be Knocked Down

Villawood to be knocked down Yuko Narushima Sydney Morning Herald January 18, 2009 THE ageing and cramped Villawood detention centre will be knocked down, with a new facility to be built on Commonwealth land either close to the existing site … Continue reading

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Christmas Island Refugees To Go To South Australia

Christmas Island refugees to go to SA Sydney Morning Herald January 17, 2009 Australian authorities are moving swiftly to resettle the first intake of Iranian and Afghan refugees since the easing of once tough rules on asylum seekers. The immigration … Continue reading

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Escapees’ Bid For Freedom Dies At Sea

Escapees' bid for freedom dies at sea The Australian Stephen Fitzpatrick January 16, 2009 A NINE-YEAR-OLD Afghani boy is feared among the dead after a group of would-be asylum-seekers was shipwrecked trying to cross from West Timor to Australia. Police … Continue reading

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Job Market Tightens For Filipinos

Job market tightens for Filipinos By Alexia Johnston The Ashburton Guardian January 15, 2009 Skilled Filipinos will no longer gain easy employment access to New Zealands dairy industry, despite their reputation as hard honest workers. Immigration New Zealand has tightened … Continue reading

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Migrant Accountants Fail English Test

Migrant accountants fail English test Yuko Narushima Sydney Morning Herald January 14, 2009 OVERSEAS accountants are flocking to Australia under the skilled migration program but few pass the English requirements to work in the sector, leaving labour shortfalls unmet, a … Continue reading

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