Australians need to save more for the economy to avoid a more rapid run-up in inflation, triggered by nation’s rising terms of trade, the Reserve Bank said today. “In putting together the Reserve Bank’s forecasts it has been assumed that more of this boost to income is saved than was the case in the earlier [...]
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Save to curb inflation, RBA says
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Tree man’s protest ends
Posted in Local News, tagged $200 million, 110 day protest, 20m high, 20m-high eucalyptus melliodorain, battle, chop it down., city, claimed, claiming, climbed, confirmed, Council, Damage, danger, December, decision, devastating, down, during, ended, ends, four paragraph statement, front verge, go ahead, Gosnells, hail storm, he felt great, heading, home, Hume Road home, including, inside his home, lap, lap around the tree, living, mayor, Monday's, Mr Pennicuik, Olwen Searle, outside, Pennicuik's, perth, plans, poses, protest, proven my point, re-emerged, remove, remove the tree, reporters, Richard Pennicuik, shower., speak, statement., storm, swept, The City of Gosnells, Thornlie's tree man, today, tree, Tree man's, tree weathered, WA, welcomed, won, won the moral battle, worst storm to hit Perth on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thornlie’s tree man Richard Pennicuik has ended his 110 day protest and climbed down from the 20m-high eucalyptus melliodorain on the front verge of his home. Mr Pennicuik has been living in the tree outside his Hume Road home since early December, including during Monday’s devastating hail storm that swept across Perth and caused more [...]
George Michael coming to Perth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 100 million pop albums, 1988, 2 million fans, 25 Live arena tour, 80s, albums, American number one singles, artist, Australia, Australian, Australian trip, awards, Careless Whisper, concerts, confirmed, consummate performer, country, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Down Under, Faith, Faith tour, fans, February, February 20, February 26., Freedom, funky, George Michael, including, Member's Equity Stadium, Michael, million, One More Try, Paul Dainty, perform, performer, perth, pop, Promoter, rife, Rumours, singles, solo, solo pop vocalist, star, stunning show, Sydney, Sydney Football Stadium, thrilling, Too Funky star, Too Funky., trip, tunes, WA, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham!, won on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
George Michael will perform two Australian concerts in February, and the first will be in Perth. Rumours had been rife that the Too Funky star was headed down under, and today his Australian trip has been confirmed. Heading to Australia for the first time since 1988, the Wham! star and solo pop vocalist will perform [...]
Australian skills shortage “a risk to recovery”
Posted in Immigration News, tagged $21 billion, 1500, 457 visas, address, Australia, Australian, Australian federal government, Australian Financial Review, Australian visa policies, business visa rules, CEO, commissioned, construction stage., development, DIAC, energy, expansion, GDP, generate, Gindalbie, global financial crisis, Gorgon gas development, immigrants, immigration, including, infrastructure giant, iron ore mine, IT, IT industry, looming, massive, massive projects, Microsoft Australia, Mid-West iron ore, migration, mining, National Broadband Network, overhaul, Pluto LNG plant, potential growth, recession, recovery, region, Richard Leupen, risk, shortage, shortage of workers, skilled, skilled immigration program, skilled labour., skills shortage, stifled, United Group, upwards, urging, visa processing, western australia, Workers on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Industry leaders in Australia are urging the Australian federal government to overhaul its skilled immigration program to address a looming shortage of workers. Recent changes by DIAC to the skilled migration visa processing times have meant that many hundreds of applicants for visas have been told that they may have to wait up to 3 [...]
Minister announces new immigration advisory council
Posted in Immigration News, tagged advice, announced, associated, asylum, Australia, chris evans, community, Community Status Resolution Service., Council, detention., establishment, government’s immigration, IDAG, immigration, Immigration Detention Advisory Group., Immigration Services, implementation, including, independent, measures, migration outcomes, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, national rollout, New Directions, New Directions in Detention policy.’, no risk, policy, policy initiatives, resolve, resolving the immigration status, seeking, Senator Chris Evans, Senator Evans, Status Resolution., strategies on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, today announced the establishment of the Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution. The council will provide independent advice on the implementation of measures associated with the government’s immigration policy initiatives including New Directions in Detention and the national rollout of the Community Status Resolution Service. [...]
Charles Gairdner earns nursing award
Posted in Local News, tagged . SCGH executive, 51 years, accreditation, achievements, Acting, American Nurses Credentialling Center, approach, award, benefit, Cedars-Sinai, Charles Gairdner, delighted, director of nursing, Dr Ling, earns, Enjoy, environment, expertise, fostering, greater, Health Minister, high-quality care, hospita, hospital, hospitals, improved care.”, including, innovative, job satisfaction, joining, Kim Hames, Los Angeles, Magnet Hospital award, Magnet Hospitals, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota., nurses, Nursing, patients, perth, Perth hospital, prestigious, professional development, promotes, provide, provided, providing, recognised, records., recruiting, retaining, SCGH, SCGH Sue Davis, skills, staff, staff at SCGH, staff increase, supportive, to be awarded internationally, WA on August 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Perth hospital has become the first in WA to be awarded the internationally recognised Magnet Hospital award. Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has been given the accreditation by the American Nurses Credentialling Center, joining prestigious hospitals including Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Health Minister Kim Hames said staff at SCGH [...]
Marriage scamming for permanent residency
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 26000, 40000, a year, ACT, applicants, Aussies, boom, brazen in India, brides and grooms, Canada, cancellation of the visa, China, contracted to marry, cracking down, documentation, evidence, fake marriages, false, fiancés, foreign spouses, forged document, fraud, grant a visa, illegal immigrants., immigration, Immigration officials, impossible., including, India, internet surfers, investigated., jumped, kicked out, last year, levels, love, marriage, Marriage Scams, marry, migration agents, paper marriage, Paper marriage for Australia, paperwork, permanent residency, phoney, posts, process, record, removal from the country, requires, residency in Australia, running, scamming, scams, shores, single, spousal, spousal visa applications, spouses, to Australia., true, uk, ultimately, under visa fraud, visa, visa applications, visa fraud on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Immigration to our shores is running at record levels and so too is the boom in illegal immigrants. Some are scamming permanent residency is to catch and marry single Aussies. Immigration officials are cracking down on fake marriages, but sometimes impossible to know when love is true or false. Over the last ten years spousal visa applications [...]