Report into Australian Immigration visa cancellations
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:28:05 GMT
Commonwealth Ombudsman releases report into Immigration’s visa cancellation powers A report by Commonwealth and Immigration Ombudsman, Prof. John McMillan, released today highlights deficiencies in the Department of Immigration’s administration of visa cancellation powers under s 501 of the Migration Act 1958 as it applies to long-term residents of Australia.
Australia to cut back skilled immigration visas
Tue, 07 Feb 2006 10:42:55 GMT
IMMIGRATION Minister Amanda Vanstone is considering measures to cut the number of less-skilled technology workers entering Australia. Senator Vanstone is looking at ways to better define skills categories in the tech sector to improve targeting of migrants with skills in short supply in Australia. The measures being considered include a tightening of the points system used to grant visas to overseas students studying IT in Australia.
Higher immigration not an economic magic bullet
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:41:35 GMT
An abiding and unshakeable belief of Australian business is that immigration is good for the economy and we need a lot more of it than we're getting. But is the belief soundly based? According to a Productivity Commission paper on Economic Impacts of Migration and Population Growth, not really. The economic benefits are "very small". The first point to make is that, if you use immigration to add to our population, then obviously you make our economy bigger. After all, every extra person has to be fed, clothed and housed, and this adds to economic activity.
Children's surgeon finds Australia grows on him
Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:12:22 GMT
ONE of Australia's top pediatric plastic surgeons, John Meara, says he never expected to stay in Australia after completing a fellowship at the Royal Children's Hospital in 1999. "If you had told me five years ago that I would be in Australia today I would have said 'you're out of your mind'," he says. Yesterday, Professor Meara, 41, his dermatologist wife Dr Ann Meara and their children Emily, 7, Elizabeth, 5, and Nicholas, 3, were granted Australian citizenship at a special function in the Immigration Department building in Lonsdale Street.
Let unskilled workers in, Australia told
Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:33:00 GMT
AUSTRALIA will have to open its doors to potentially tens of thousands of unskilled migrants to save its smaller Pacific island neighbours from economic ruin, a report commissioned by the Federal Government has found. The report, by a taskforce on foreign aid, argues that the plight of the island nations has become so dire that urgent remedies, notably moving abroad in search of job opportunities, are necessary to keep them viable.
Australia beckons skilled Indian pros
Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:59:53 GMT
Indian skilled workers who opted to migrate Down Under rather than the US won’t regret their decision. Australia’s Productivity Commission has said boosting skilled immigration will create a more powerful economy and make people richer on an average. More importantly, immigrants will benefit most from the resulting higher wages. The report finds that the Australian economy could absorb a higher number of skilled migrants, and this will have a bearing on the Australian government’s decision to fix the annual skilled immigrant intake.
More skilled workers 'leaving Australia'
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:15:04 GMT
AN increasing number of skilled workers is leaving Australia, continuing the country's brain drain, a new report has found. More than 62,000 Australians left the country's shores last financial year, with 28,956 of those skilled workers, a Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs report shows. This was an increase on the previous financial year when 24,079 skilled Australians left to live overseas.
Australian government to consider more skilled migration
Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:03:52 GMT
Australia will consider a new report which suggests it could support a far greater number of skilled migrants when deciding on future intakes, Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said. The government-commissioned report from the independent Productivity Commission found that increasing skilled migration by 50 percent over the next 20 years would lead to higher incomes and greater working hours.
ACS pushes skilled visa cut
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:14:32 GMT
THE Australian Computer Society will meet Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone at the end of the month to press for reductions to the annual intake of overseas technology workers. The ACS has rejected criticism from immigration expert Bob Kinnaird that the society's assessment program, conducted on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs is lax and has contributed to the oversupply of IT graduates flooding the market.
More Doctors And Nurses In Australia
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:20:46 GMT
The number of qualified doctors and nurses has significantly increased during the past two years as a result of Commonwealth Government initiatives. Under the Strengthening Medicare program, the government pledged to put an extra 1,500 doctors and 1,600 nurses into general practice by June 2007. There are 1,860 temporary resident doctors who have accessed the new four-year visa, making them more likely to stay.
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