One in two West Australians believes there will be greater skills shortages and more pressure on house prices compared with the last mining boom, the latest Westpoll has found. The results revealed 53 per cent of those surveyed thought there would be more pressure on a housing price bubble and skills shortages than last time, [...]
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Increase in employer-sponsored skilled migrants
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 2008-09, 60 per cent, accountancy, achieved, approach, areas, Australia, Australia’s, category, changes, China, chris evans, compared, computing professionals, countries of citizenship, critical, Critical Skills List, critical skills shortages., CSL, cutback, economic conditions, economy, effectively, employer-sponsored, employers, engineering, ensuring, experiencing skills, financial-services, future, healthcare, helping, high demand, high value, impact, increase, independent skilled migration, India, industries, IT, migrant intake, migrants, migration program, needs, new report, occupations, overseas, overseas workers, places, prioritising, reduction, reflects, registered nurses, report, rudd, Rudd Government’s, sectors, Senator, shortages, shows, significant, skill stream, skilled, skilled labour force, skilled professionals, skills gaps, state/territory-sponsored skilled migration, Targeted, The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, to fill, to meet Australia’s needs, United Kingdom, visa grants, Workers on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A new report has found Australia’s migration program is more effectively meeting the needs of employers with a 60 per cent increase in the number of employer-sponsored skilled migrants to Australia in 2008-09 compared with the previous year. The Report on Migration Program 2008-09 shows that the Rudd Government’s targeted approach to overseas workers is [...]
PCB secures healthy dose of convention tourism for Western Australia
Posted in Local News, tagged 88, Annual Scientific Conference, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting, bid, bidding, buoyant, bureau, business, business events, Business Events Brand, business events sector, center, Christine McLean, conference hosts, conferences, Convention, convention tourism, corporate meetings, creation, decision makers, delegate, difficult global, Economic, education, end-of-financial-year result, engineering, environment, estimated, event, excellence, expenditure., extremely, face to face, fantastic achievement, future, global communication, global economic crisis, growing, health sciences, healthy dose, hosting, impacting, incentive groups, international conferences, international destinations, internationally, leading, local, local economy., major medical and science meetings, managing director, medical research, national, National Alcoholics Anonymous Convention, National Rural Health Conference, opportunities, partnerships, PCB, PCB's, perth, Perth and Western Australia, Perth Convention Bureau, Perth hospitals, Perth universities, Perth's reputation, program, reduced, resilience, rival, Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Scholarship, secured, secures, State Government, tourism industry, tourist, US$66.6 million, WA, western australia, wins on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Perth Convention Bureau has secured 88 new business events for Western Australia worth an estimated US$66.6 million to the local economy. Achieved against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, the US$66.6 million, end-of-financial-year result saw the bureau exceed its 2008/09 delegate expenditure target by US$2 million. The events, which consist of national and [...]
Business migration to Australia
Posted in Immigration News, tagged analysis, available, “W.A. is investing, billions of dollars, boost business, Bruce McFarlane, business, business grants, business licences, business migration, coming years, compared, director, economy, encourage, free services, from UK., future, General, government, grow your business, Immigration News, infrastructure projects, land and, low tax state, major, market reports, other states, property prices, register for tax, relatively cheap, Small Business Development Corporation, state of Western Australia, success, tax breaks, uk, W.A., WA, western australia, wide range on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bruce McFarlane, Director of Small Business Development Corporation, state of Western Australia, says: “The state of Western Australia is keen to encourage business migration from UK. “W.A. is investing many billions of dollars in major infrastructure projects in coming years to boost business and the general economy and you could play a major part in our [...]
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