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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New boom, bigger problems: poll
Posted in Local News, tagged Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, bigger problems, Colin Barnett, community, compared, construction, Deputy Prime Minister, enterprises, expectation, Forestry, future, Gary Wood, government, house prices, housing price bubble, increasing prices, international, job, job vacancies, Julia Gillard, labour supply, low paid, low-paid workers, migration, Mining and Energy Union, mining boom, New boom, overseas labour, Premier, pressure, resources boom, secretary, severe, skills shortages, spokesman, Steve McCartney, training issues, urgency, vacancies, WA, WEST Australians on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
WA needs more migrants
Posted in Immigration News, Local News, tagged amid, booming resources sector, business breakfast hosted, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, claims, current population trends, Deputy Prime Minister, Economic, extra, fill, future, growth, Hundreds, international, interstate, job, Julia Gillard, labour crisis, labour shortages, last boom, migrants, migration, more, Ms Gillard, Murdoch University, next decade, o curb., perth, population, skills shortage, Speaking, Thousands, threatened, unemployment rate, vacancies, WA, WA's, warn, Workers, youth market, _The West Australian _ on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says WA needs more migrants amid claims hundreds of thousands of extra workers are necessary over the next decade to thwart a labour crisis. Speaking at a Perth business breakfast hosted by _The West Australian _and Murdoch University, Ms Gillard said both interstate and international migration was needed to help [...]
Minister welcomes Baird review
Posted in Immigration News, tagged apply for permanent residence, Australia, Australian, Australian employer., Baird Review, chris evans, demand, education provider, final report, good qualification, governing, granted., higher education, international, international education, legislation, migrating, migration, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, new skilled occupation, occupations, Occupations in Demand List, overseas, overseas students, permanent residence, permanent visa, postgraduate student visa, quality, Senator, skilled migration program., skilled occupations, Skills Australia, sponsor, Students, studied, studied by international students., vocational, work experience on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, today welcomed the final report of the Baird Review on the legislation governing international education. It is most pleasing to note Mr Baird’s support for the Rudd Government’s changes to the skilled migration program announced on 8 February 2010. The skilled migration program changes will encourage [...]
AirAsia welcomes 2010 with a Big Regional Sale!
Posted in ALL news, tagged 11 January 2010 - 30 April 2010, 19 - 25 October 2009, 2010, 2010 Sale Campaign, Abu Dhabi, affordable, AirAsia, AirAsia's, airfares., Airline, Asia, Attractive, available, bali, Bandung, bangkok, BIG Regional Sale, city sights, Colombo, conjunction, cost, departing, destinations, Dhaka, Domestic, domestic routes, dream, excluding, flying, holiday packages, Hong Kong., hub, including, incredible, international, international routes, Jakarta., Johor., Kota Kinabalu, Krabi, Kuala Lumpur, leading, london, low, low fares, low-cost, Melbourne, Middle East, offer, offered, offering, online, package deals, Penang, perth, Phuket, routes, Singapore, skytrax, Skytrax World's Best, Sun-Sand-Sea lovers, Surabaya, Taipei, Thailand, Tianjin, travel period, travel portal, welcomes on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Skytrax World’s Best Low Cost airline, AirAsia welcomes 2010 with a BIG Regional Sale! The leading airline makes flying more affordable by offering airfares from as low as *RM19 for its domestic and international routes (excluding Thailand domestic routes and London). The sale will run from 19 – 25 October 2009 for the travel period [...]
‘We’re selling education, not visas’
Posted in Immigration News, Local News, tagged accelerate, agreement, assaults., Australia, Australia's, Australia's most senior politicians, blunt message to India, Canberra, coal, Confederation of Indian Industry, crack down, damaged, delivered, denied, Department of Education, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, deploys, Deputy Prime Minister, Doha., education, Employment and Work Relations, federal government, foreign affairs, free, G20, gas, graced Indian soil., hiccup, in Australia., Indian student, Industry, international, investments., Julia Gillard, kevin rudd, measures, message, Mr Crean, Ms Gillard, negotiations, next, non-signatory, not visas, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, outlined, patch up, patching bilateral relations, permanent Australian residency, Pittsburgh, politicians, refusal, relations, residency, Rudd Government, sell, selling, selling education, senior ministers, series, shonky education, Simon Crean, soil, student visa abuses, student visas, Students, swan, talks, to India, tour, trade, Trade Minister, trade ministers, training providers, uranium, visas, visit to India, Wayne Swan, WTO, yesterday on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
AUSTRALIA has delivered a blunt message to India that it is selling education, not visas, even as the Rudd government deploys its most senior ministers to patch up relations damaged over a series of Indian student assaults. Trade Minister Simon Crean, whose visit to India this week overlaps that of Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, [...]
$100 million astronomy research centre unveiled in Perth
Posted in Local News, Political News, tagged $100 million, $2.5 billion, 2012., a $100 million, Africa, astronomy, astronomy project., Astronomy Research, astronomy research centre, Australia, Australia's chances., bid, centre, Curtin University, decision, director, enhance, expected, extra, front runners, funding, international, International Centre, launched, massive, million, officially, perth, PREMIER Colin Barnett, project, radio, research, research centre in Perth, Richard Schilizzi, Runners, S.K.A, secure, South Africa, Square Kilometre Array, State Government, telescope, university, University of Western Australia, unveiled, WA, WA's bid, western, Western Australian, win. on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has officially launched a $100 million research centre in Perth, which has been set up to help Australia win a massive radio astronomy project. Western Australia and South Africa are the front runners to secure the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array project, with the decision expected in 2012. To [...]
International cooperation to combat immigration fraud
Posted in Immigration News, tagged ability, agreement, appropriately, arrivals, Australia, Australia's, Australian Government's, Australian passport, backgrounds, biometric, boost, border security, Canada, Canadian, cast, checking, chris evans, claims, combat, confidentially, cooperation, cross check, data-sharing, data-sharing arrangement, databases., detect, detention., establish, expected, fingerprints, fraud, fraudulent cases, help, identify.", identity, immigration, immigration fraud, improved, inconsistent, international, jail, jail sentence, law, laws, new, New Zealand, partnership, passport, privacy, privacy laws, securely, Senator Chris Evans, signed, The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, travelling, true identities, uk, unauthorised, United Kingdom, United States, US, wider net on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new international agreement will boost Australia’s ability to detect and identify immigration fraud and cast a wider net when checking the backgrounds of unauthorised arrivals and other people held in immigration detention. The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said today that an agreement for biometric data-sharing between Australia, Canada and the [...]
AirAsia kicks off big sale
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abolished, administration, AirAsia, available, bali, Bandung, bangkok, big sale, booking, bookings, campaign, destinations, Domestic, fees, flights, free seats, fuel, Gold Coast, guests, hubs, international, international destinations, Jakarta., Jan 11 to July 31, Johor Baru, kicks, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, launched, Melbourne, million, next year., offered, offering, offers, pay., Penang, period, perth, Phuket, promotion, Promotional seats, recently, sale, save, seats, sectors, Sunday, surcharges, three million seats, Yogyakarta on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AIRASIA recently launched its Big Sale promotion by offering three million seats for both domestic and international destinations. The booking period for both sectors during the Big Sale campaign is only until Sunday. Bookings are for the travel period from Jan 11 to July 31 next year. The flights are available from its eight hubs [...]
Broome stopover port for 2011 Around Australia Race and Rally
Posted in Local News, tagged 2011, 7500 nautical mile, Aboriginal, Around Australia, Around Australia Ocean Race, Around Australia Race and Rally, Asian, Australia, Australia’s, best in the world, best loved, blended, boats, Broome, Broome – one of Western Australia’s, Broome pearls, Broome to Fremantle, Broome waters, business, captivated, captivatingly friendly, catamarans, CEO, create, crews, cruising, cruising monohulls, cultures, designed, Europe, European, event, family, flamboyant personality, foot super maxis, fortunes, FREMANTLE, friends., heart and soul of Broome., international, internationally, Kimberley Region, Linneys of Broome., local, local authorities, lured, manufactured, media people, mile, multicultural population, nationalities, New Zealand, ocean, Ocean Events Pty Ltd, Ocean Race, Ocean Race Trophy, opened the doors, pearl jewellery company, pearling, Perpetual, port, promise, race, Race and Rally event., racing, Rally, recognised, renowned, reservations, shore crew, Slot Reservations, South Africa, sponsors, stopover, supporters., tourist attractions, town’s major industries., Transatlantic racers, USA, WA, western australia, Western Australian company, yachts on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Broome to Fremantle Ocean Race will be a part of the 7,500 nautical mile Around Australia Race and Rally event. Bob Williams the CEO of Ocean Events Pty Ltd, the Western Australian company behind the 2011 ‘Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally’ has spent the last few days in Broome, located in the Kimberley [...]
Probe into immigration exam cheating
Posted in Immigration News, tagged $12000, $18000, (IELTS) exam, activity, allegations, Australia's, cheat, cheating, cheating on exams, claims, commonplace, conducts, Corruption, defended, Department of Immigration, detected, engage, English Language Testings System, exam, exams, fraud, fraudulent, high stakes, identity, IDP, IDP Australia, IELTS, immigration, Immigration Department, internal problem, international, investigating., investigation, involved, launch., newspaper, occur., outsourcingf English tests, probe, reports, sold, source, spokeswoman, staff, student service, Students, Sydney, tests, The Sun-Herald on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Allegations of cheating by students in immigration exams has seen the launch of a corruption investigation. Australia’s largest international student service, IDP Australia, is investigating possible corruption among its staff after students in Sydney were caught cheating on exams it conducts for the Department of Immigration, The Sun-Herald newspaper reports. Copies of the May International [...]
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