In a significant move to fulfil the remaining places allocated for its skilled visa nomination program for 2022-2023, Victoria has opened its skilled work regional visa (Subclass 491) to applicants living and/or working in metropolitan Melbourne. Onshore migrants living anywhere in Melbourne can now apply for the Skilled Work Regional visa that allows skilled migrants…
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Key points: The Productivity Commission has proposed more than 70 reforms to Australia’s economy and workplaces in a major reivew It says Australians could have a four-day working week if the country had kept pace with other nations The review has also recommended a significant expansion to the government’s key climate policy A massive five-year…
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International students are continuing to return at a healthy rate, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. More than 59,000 students came to Australia in January – more than double the number in the same period last year – while provisional estimates have almost 143,000 returning in February. “These numbers are very encouraging…
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will streamline Indian student visa applications and increase work and holiday visa numbers, which could bolster a stream of skilled labour into Australia to alleviate the labour shortage. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make it easier for Indians on a student visa and a work and holiday visa to enter Australia,…
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The federal opposition has ruled out backing a new Pacific visa lottery scheme, labelling it as arbitrary and patronising to the Pacific community at home and abroad. Key points: The government’s visa lottery would offer work rights to up to 3,000 people from the Pacific The Coalition says it backs the principle but not the…
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