Sunday, April 30, 2017

Here's what you need to know about Australia's investment visa program - SBS - The World Game


Here's what you need to know about Australia's investment visa program
SBS - The World Game
The visa is for the people who are willing to invest at least $5 million over a period of four years into complying significant investments in Australia and want to maintain business and investment activity in Australia. According to the government ...



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18 hot Queensland events to get you through winter

Warm up your weekends with a swag of fun events that'll get the heart pumping.

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Serial job applicant exposes tech industry's skills shortage myth - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

Serial job applicant exposes tech industry's skills shortage myth
NEWS.com.au
Since leaving his job at Amazon, James has tried to get a job in Australia that he believes his experience from Amazon and previous roles have readied him for. The jobs are out there and he's been putting ... James got in touch with news.com.au after ...

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Cancer survivor banned from Australia - dailytelegraph.com.au


dailytelegraph.com.au

Cancer survivor banned from Australia
dailytelegraph.com.au
AUSTRALIAN immigration officials have reached a new low, denying a 30-year-old Canadian brain cancer survivor a tourist visa on the grounds that she had cancer. Kaitlin Norton was planning a five year “victory tour” of Australia with her family to ...

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Originally Published here: Cancer survivor banned from Australia - dailytelegraph.com.au

Serial job applicant exposes tech industry's skills shortage myth - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

Serial job applicant exposes tech industry's skills shortage myth
NEWS.com.au
Since leaving his job at Amazon, James has tried to get a job in Australia that he believes his experience from Amazon and previous roles have readied him for. The jobs are out there and he's been putting ... James got in touch with news.com.au after ...

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Originally Published here: Serial job applicant exposes tech industry's skills shortage myth - NEWS.com.au

Rich foreign investors now Victorian residents after paying $5 million for Australian visas - Herald Sun


Herald Sun

Rich foreign investors now Victorian residents after paying $5 million for Australian visas
Herald Sun
Immigration Department data has revealed almost two-thirds of the 1430 wealthy foreigners granted a Significant Investor Visa since June 2013, headed south to the education state — more than any other jurisdiction in Australia. The influx of ...



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Cancer survivor banned from Australia - dailytelegraph.com.au


dailytelegraph.com.au

Cancer survivor banned from Australia
dailytelegraph.com.au
AUSTRALIAN immigration officials have reached a new low, denying a 30-year-old Canadian brain cancer survivor a tourist visa on the grounds that she had cancer. Kaitlin Norton was planning a five year “victory tour” of Australia with her family to ...

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Originally Published here: Cancer survivor banned from Australia - dailytelegraph.com.au

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Thousands of Britons to be hit by Australian visa clampdown - Alive For Football


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Thousands of Britons to be hit by Australian visa clampdown
Alive For Football
The test will have questions assessing an applicant's understanding and commitment to shared Australian values and responsibilities, Turnbull said. The clauses in the new visa programmes include a deeper English language testing with stringent labour ...
PM announces abolition of 457 visa, introduces 458 visa insteadMondaq News Alerts (registration)
Think the 457 changes are just cosmetic? They killed any hope for my new lifeCrikey (registration)
Government abolishes 457 visasNEWS.com.au
NEWS.com.au -Department of Immigration and Border Protection -The Sydney Morning Herald
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Originally Published here: Thousands of Britons to be hit by Australian visa clampdown - Alive For Football

NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change ... - ABC - ABC Online


ABC Online

NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change ... - ABC
ABC Online
New Zealand's Immigration Minister says it is a coincidence that his announcement of tighter access to skilled work visas came in the same week that Australia ...

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Thousands of Britons to be hit by Australian visa clampdown - Normangee Star


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Thousands of Britons to be hit by Australian visa clampdown
Normangee Star
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia was “an “extraordinary nation”. The 457 visa was introduced in the 1990s to quicken the entry of business professionals and highly skilled migrants but over time it was opened up for a broad category of ...
PM announces abolition of 457 visa, introduces 458 visa insteadMondaq News Alerts (registration)
Think the 457 changes are just cosmetic? They killed any hope for my new lifeCrikey (registration)
Government abolishes 457 visasNEWS.com.au
The West Australian -NEWS.com.au -Department of Immigration and Border Protection -The Sydney Morning Herald
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Originally Published here: Thousands of Britons to be hit by Australian visa clampdown - Normangee Star

Friday, April 28, 2017

NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change announcement a coincidence - ABC Online


ABC Online

NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change announcement a coincidence
ABC Online
"It certainly was a total coincidence that it happened to be within 24 hours of Australia's change in their [457 visa]," Michael Woodhouse said. "We have been working on this policy for several months — about a year, in fact." He also said the changes ...

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Originally Published here: NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change announcement a coincidence - ABC Online

NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change announcement a coincidence - ABC Online


ABC Online

NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change announcement a coincidence
ABC Online
"It certainly was a total coincidence that it happened to be within 24 hours of Australia's change in their [457 visa]," Michael Woodhouse said. "We have been working on this policy for several months — about a year, in fact." He also said the changes ...

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Originally Published here: NZ Immigration Minister says US, Australia visa change announcement a coincidence - ABC Online

Visa changes 'trap' skilled workers - The West Australian


The West Australian

Visa changes 'trap' skilled workers
The West Australian
But a Fortescue Metals Group spokesman said most of the company's workers who were visa holders were in the process of applying for Australian permanent residency. Fortescue has 10 employees who are 457 visa holders out of its total workforce, ...
PM announces abolition of 457 visa, introduces 458 visa instead ...Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Government abolishes 457 visasNEWS.com.au
Think the 457 changes are just cosmetic? They killed any hope for my new lifeCrikey (registration)
pppFocus -Irish Times
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Originally Published here: Visa changes 'trap' skilled workers - The West Australian

457 visas vital to Australian racing industry - The Sydney Morning Herald


The Sydney Morning Herald

457 visas vital to Australian racing industry
The Sydney Morning Herald
While the possible impact of 457s and early starts on the turf holds prominence, Saturday's Hawkesbury Guineas, the race that launched Chautauqua, will have the best ground for a Saturday around Sydney for two months. Stand-alone Saturdays like ...

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Originally Published here: 457 visas vital to Australian racing industry - The Sydney Morning Herald

Thursday, April 27, 2017

5-day road trip to Laura: The heart of Aboriginal culture

Take this cultural journey from Cairns to the Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival.

Originally Published here: 5-day road trip to Laura: The heart of Aboriginal culture

Government abolishes 457 visas - NEWS.com.au


NEWS.com.au

Government abolishes 457 visas
NEWS.com.au
While lodged nomination numbers are very low, they are increasing and it is considered that the Australian community would be very concerned about such positions being filled with overseas workers.” A source close to the review said the government knew ...
Irishwoman in Sydney: 'The 457 visa changed my life' - The Irish TimesIrish Times
'It's like someone asked you to leave your child': The victims of ... - SBSSBS
Global visa crackdowns may herald era of 'contested' mobilityTimes Higher Education (THE)
CSO Australia -BankInfoSecurity.com (blog) -Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
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Originally Published here: Government abolishes 457 visas - NEWS.com.au

Suspected terrorists applying for Australian visas caught - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Suspected terrorists applying for Australian visas caught
Daily Mail
... both applied for business visitor visas. In a 2016 pilot run of the system 950 biometric referrals were sent to the U.S. which returned a 90 per cent match rate and identified 14 suspected or known terrorists attempting to come into Australia via a ...



Originally Published here: Suspected terrorists applying for Australian visas caught - Daily Mail

Suspected terrorists applying Australian visas caught - Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Suspected terrorists applying Australian visas caught
Daily Mail
... both applied for business visitor visas. In a 2016 pilot run of the system 950 biometric referrals were sent to the U.S. which returned a 90 per cent match rate and identified 14 suspected or known terrorists attempting to come into Australia via a ...



Originally Published here: Suspected terrorists applying Australian visas caught - Daily Mail

Irishwoman in Sydney: 'The 457 visa changed my life' - Irish Times


Irish Times

Irishwoman in Sydney: 'The 457 visa changed my life'
Irish Times
Last week, Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that the 457 visa will be scrapped and along with it, the dreams of prospective fellow emigrants around the globe. As the news broke online, I for one, was gutted. It is five years since I ...
'It's like someone asked you to leave your child': The victims of Australia's immigration changesSBS
457 Visa changes positiveWestern Magazine

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Originally Published here: Irishwoman in Sydney: 'The 457 visa changed my life' - Irish Times