Projects to boost the employability of international students, promote wellbeing and support the recovery of the NSW international education sector are set to share in $400,000 as part of the NSW Government’s Partner Projects grant program. Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade Alister Henskens said six projects will receive funding through the program, which engages…
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Some AUS$10 million will be paid to education agents who enrol foreign students in Western Australia’s institutions over the next year, as part of a multi-million dollar investment in the state’s international education sector. The Western Australian state government announced on September 14 how it will spend some of the $41.2m allocated to international education…
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After recently being allocated just over 12,000 visa slots for its skilled migration program in 2022-23, the New South Wales government has released new visa conditions and included employment requirements for applicants of Subclass 190 and 491 visas. HIGHLIGHTS NSW introduces new requirements for minimum point scores and years of work experience. To be eligible…
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A controversial program that provides visas to those who invest at least $5 million in Australia is all but certain to be scrapped in next month’s budget. More than 2,000 people have been granted significant investor visas (SIV) since 2012, with 85 per cent coming from China and 3.6 per cent from Hong Kong. During…
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The jobs summit last week marked an extraordinary reversal of policy directions set by Peter Dutton when he was immigration minister. The new directions aim to repair much of the damage done to Australia’s visa system and set Australia on the path to a migration system that is internationally competitive. In 2017-18, Dutton unilaterally cut…
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Great news for international students who aspire to stay and work in Australia. Jason Clare, the Minister of Education, has extended the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) Post-Study Work stream by two years for international students who work in areas of verified skills shortage. The change Clare speaks of is one of the many agendas…
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Aged care peak bodies say the new increase to the annual cap on skilled migration should lead to more measures to directly fill an estimated 60,000 vacancies in Australia’s aged care sector. One of the hardest-hit sectors from the pandemic has called on the government to help fill a widening workforce shortage following a rise…
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KEY POSTS 10.06amMigration number ‘needs to be higher’: Dutton 9.49amBusiness, unions welcome migration boost 9.28amGovernment throws $36.1 million at visa backlog 9.18amMigration cap lifted to 195,000 Migration number ‘needs to be higher’: Dutton By Rachel Clun Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he supports an increase to the skilled migration gap. “It’s their figure. We’re not…
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Call comes as one government MP says jobs summit focus must not detract from dealing with massive backlog of humanitarian visas The government is being urged to look at improving work rights for people on bridging visas already in Australia, and not to neglect the backlog of humanitarian visas amid calls for an increase to…
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Australia has the second most severe labour and skills shortage in the world, second only to Canada, according to the OECD. Data released in July by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that there were as many job vacancies as unemployed people in the country. In a bid to correct this, and help ease the…
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