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2008 Current News

December 2008
Number of Irish people granted residency in Australia doubled

Australian govt passes new law to protect temporary overseas workers

TRA delays implementation of revised assessment standards and procedures

Australian businesses calling for no migration cuts

November 2008
Australian business leaders urge no cuts to immigration

Aussie dollar slide is good news for new tourists

Australia’s top branded country in the world

Australia’s voted best country to live in

Griffith actively seeking skilled migrants from the UK

Australian temporary workers and unions meet with govt

Kennett and Flannery criticise Australia's migration quota

Govt report recommends market wages for more Australian temporary workers

Immigration Minister agrees with 457 visa review

RBA official: Australia protected from global crisis

October 2008
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Australia third best location for property investment after London and NYC

Minister Chris Evans says migrant intake likely to drop

Why Australian Immigration is so successful

Rudd: global economy may cut Australia's migration quota

IMF says Australia's economy is strong despite global crisis

South Australia amends job shortage list

Swan: Australia best placed to withstand global fallout

Details of PM's Stimulus package announced

Mixed results from Australian migration: construction, mining and nurses needed

Sydney voted number one city in the world for travellers

Visas to Australia: Police Check Fees Increased

Sugar industry applies for more foreign workers

Evans warned migrant intake cut would damage infrastructure growth

South Australia economy expanding amidst global meltdown

UK financial crisis will bring more Brits to Australia: immigration minister

Australian citizenship test review to be released within weeks

More Brits holiday on Australia working holiday visas

Western Australia economy predicted to grow despite global slowdown

Changes to Australian Working Holiday visa for young parents

Australia's migration boom fuelled by love and marriage

September 2008
Skills shortage holding back companies

International Students Studying in Australia

Federal treasurer: Aus's economy strengthening, global economy slowing

Aus immigration causing women to far outnumber men

Aus Minister protects overseas workers in Australian Migration Zone

Student visa assessment levels changed

New Australian migration laws to reduce court cases

Immigration Australia to recognize new English Language Tests for migrants

Qld skilled labour shortage to continue: report

Strong immigration causing WA housing market to rise again

First gov't-sponsored speed dating to lure UK women to Australia

OECD's 2008 International Migration Outlook cautions against low skilled temporary migration

New laws to protect overseas workers

How green is Rudd's migration program

Joint agreement to protect overseas workers in NSW

More Aussie, Kiwi expats returning home for better work prospects in financial industry

Migration helps build Australia's Population in 2008

August 2008
Foreign students in Aus warned to abide by visa conditions

Virgin Blue has massive expansion into Western Australia

Massive funding to secure Chinese tourism market

WA, Victorian g'ments in Cardiff for migration information session

Report: migrants boost Australian economy by hundreds of millions every year

Changes to Australian student visa Assessment Levels

Kangaroos tipped to bounce up tourism numbers in Aus

Thousands of migrants left in limbo as TRA postpone new Migration Assessment Policy

3,000 Maltese hoping to get Aust citizenship under new law

Irish heading en mass to Australia, NZ

Evans: processing of 457 temporary work visas successful

Australia needs accountants on temporary work visas

Australia to operate in medical tourism

Foreign students in Australia getting the best deal

Australian visa holder keeps his job in the UK

Nurses urge temporary Australian visa overhaul

Pacific workers to get 2,500 Australian visas to work in the country

Government uses point-based system for new appointments

Grand opening of the Grand Pacific Drive

Invitations to guest-worker scheme under question

New laws allow Australian visa holders to fly home in breaks

Australia, Asia ties getting stronger due to migration and tourism numbers

Pacific Islander guest worker scheme given the go-ahead

Students 'can benefit' from a gap year

Over 13,000 humanitarian Australian visas issued

Singapore Airlines launches automatic visa checks

Pope thanks Australia for hospitality at WYD

Australian visa holders encouraged to start business

Aus: Chinese and Indian tourist numbers up, Japan down

Airlines: Cairns, prepare to take-off

Record immigration putting pressure on Australian housing industry

'More categories' for skilled visas needed

NSW Tourism steps into a new era

Indonesian, Australian border movement alert project in full swing

NSW Premier on the hunt for a new Sydney logo

Australia's guest worker scheme raising concerns

More Australian immigration needed for Tasmania

Thailand and Australia agree on work and holiday visa

QLD tourism board walks down the international wedding aisle

Mining, tourism growth forces Royal Flying Doctors west

Aus, Thailand expand work and holiday visa programme

Students on Australian visa warned not to work over limit

Australian PM Kevin Rudd invited to Philippines to discuss immigration

Immigration Minister strengthening Malaysia-Australia ties

Go West, life is better there

Businessman losing millions due to lack of Australian immigration

Australia in new visa talks with Malaysia

Australian tourism minister holding talks with Japan

Australian tourism tells US: You "do the math"

Victoria's Great Ocean Road paving the way to Australia's tourism future

Indonesia meets Australian minister to discuss security

Indonesia secures working holiday visa with Australia

Australian immigration targeting South Africa's "Achilles heel"

Department of Immigration tightens regional border security

Australian immigration programme is praised

Plans for new airport in Western Australia taking off

Try before you buy Australia: new virtual tour available for tourists

Australian skilled migration more successful than Canada's

Canberra wants more control over Australian immigration

Australian people think detention laws are 'not tough enough'

Psychological society supports new Australian immigration policy

More Australian visa holders flocking to Melbourne

Brisbane airport ranked among top in world for travellers

Lonely Planet survey results: Australia still topping the worldwide charts

July 2008
Immigration Minister praises rises in Australian visa numbers

Mining sector needs extra 86,000 workers

Applicants for temporary Australian visa increases

Low quality of life in UK leads to mass migration to Australia

May 2008
Minimum Salary Level increase for 457 visa holders

Changes to the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)

March 2008
Gates open to tackle skills crisis

Migration plan to ease skills crisis

Migrant workers winning on pay

Why more and more Brits think Oz really is Wizard

February 2008
Thousands flock to take working holidays in Australia

January 2008
Australian Median House Prices

Thousands more Britons join the exodus to live and work abroad

Middle England packs its bags

 

2007 Archived News

Changes to General Skilled Migration Programme from September 1

Australian Migration Consultants presenting news via RSS Technology

A new skill assessment procedure will apply for people intending to migrate to Australia from India, Sri Lanka, UK, South Africa and the Philippines in certain trades

Weekly wage rises 4.9%

Tougher tests for overseas-trained doctors

Australia - Annual adjustment of visa application charges and fees

Migration programme expands