New Migrants Delivering the Skills Australia Needs
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT
Australia’s Migration Program is delivering results according to the new report, ‘Immigration in a Time of Domestic Skilled Shortages: Skilled Movements in 2003-04,’ by Dr Bob Birrell and colleagues of Monash University.
Australian Senate Wants Immigration Jail Closed
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:02:40 GMT
CANBERRA - The Australian Senate has backed a motion that would result in the closure of the government-funded immigration prison on Nauru, where 46 mostly Afghani people, including four children, have been held for almost four years awaiting decisions on their application for refugee status.
Australian PM agrees to release children from immigration detention camps
Sat, 18 Jun 2005 20:35:37 GMT
SYDNEY - Prime Minister John Howard on Friday agreed to release children from immigration detention camps in a policy backflip sparked by an internal revolt from a group of government backbench politicians.
Amendments to Migration Agent Regulations
Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT
Minister for Immigration, Amanda Vanstone, announced a range of changes to regulations governing migration agents that will help protect clients.
Queensland Job Expo - Attracting Skilled Workers
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT
Australian employers will have the opportunity to promote their businesses to attract overseas workers at the Queensland Job Expo in Brisbane tomorrow, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, Senator Amanda Vanstone, said today.
Australian immigration policy on gay partners takes toll
Sat, 11 Jun 2005 05:11:58 GMT
A doctor-starved area on the southern edge of Sydney will miss out on getting a British general practitioner because of the Federal Government's immigration policy on same-sex couples.
Australia probes immigration woes
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 06:34:27 GMT
SYDNEY -- The Australian government has started an investigation into revelations that its immigration department has mistakenly deported Australian citizens and placed some of them in razor-wired detention centers. More than 200 cases are under scrutiny in what is being viewed as the worst bungle by an overzealous immigration department.