The Australian Government is hosting an employment expo in London during September to help employers find skilled workers from the UK, a Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) spokesman said today. “Are you skilled in engineering, medical services, or trades? If so, Australia needs you,” the spokesman said. “There is still a critical need for [...]
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UK skilled workers in hot demand down under
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged across a range, Australia and overseas, Australian employers and governments, Australian industries, construction industries.”, critical, department, DIAC, Down Under, eight, employers, employment, expo in London, find skilled workers, government organisations, Health, health and construction industries.”, help, high demand in Australia, hosting, hot demand, Immigration and Citizenship, major, medical services, mining, need of skilled workers, relocation service providers, september, September 11 and 12., skilled, skilled in engineering, skilled workers, spokesman, sponsor for migration, staged, staged in London, target the industries, The Australian Government, The Skills Australia Needs, The Skills Australia Needs expo, The UK, trades, uk, UK skilled workers, United Kingdom, Workers on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Migrant cuts would ‘hurt WA’
Posted in Immigration News, Jobs and careers, Local News, tagged Australia, Australia's, business, Chamber of Commerce, chief economist, cutting immigration, Federal Opposition, forecasts, higher, Industry, interest rates, John Nicolaou, labour, major, number of immigrants, overseas, population, priced out, promise, pushed, resource companies, resources boom, Scott Morrison, Shadow immigration minister, Simon Crean, slash, Students, temporary workers, Trade Minister, WA, warned, WEST Australians on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Business has warned that West Australians could be priced out of the resources boom and interest rates pushed even higher if the Federal Opposition follows through with a promise to slash the number of immigrants. WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist John Nicolaou said the flagged cut would mean the abandonment of major [...]
Relief for stranded Rotto travellers
Posted in Local News, tagged "if safe"., 200 people, assessed, brave, cancelled, chief executive, company, decided, dubious, express, ferry service, force, forecasts, four trips, gale, gale-force winds, holiday, holidaymakers, island, journey, Local News, major, Monday, obligation, Oceanic Express, operator, passengers, pre-booked, prevailing, provide services, Relief, Rottnest Express, Rottnest Island, Rotto, run, running, safe, scheduled, sea, service, services, skeleton, stranded, stranded on the island, Sunday, Tim Crosland, today, tomorrow, travellers, weather conditions, weekend, winds on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Relief is on the way for stranded holidaymakers on Rottnest Island after a major ferry service decided to brave dubious weather conditions this weekend. Rottnest Express had cancelled services until Monday, after forecasts of gale-force winds. It left up to 200 people stranded on the island until at least Monday, after the other operator, Oceanic [...]
$50 million revamp for Morley
Posted in Local News, tagged $50 million, 1000 people, arts, build, BUILT, cafes, Centro Galleria shopping mall, City of Bayswater, consultation, Coventry Square, crafts., creating, dedicated, development, development company, economy, fashion, finished, fresh food section, Greg Poland, heart of Morley, house, Hundreds, jobs, local, Local News, major, microbrewery, Morley, new, old Coventry’s warehouse, organic produce., period, plans, precinct, principal, project, public, public comment, public consultation, real shot, restaurants, revamp, selling, shopping precinct., six-week, slowing, slowing down, small businesses, start, stores, The Strzelecki Group, tourist, town centre, transforming, ultimate, warehouse on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Morley is set to get a revamp – with the $50 million Coventry Square development now out for public comment. “This is a great step forward for us,” said Greg Poland, the principal of The Strzelecki Group development company that plans to build the project. “Once the six-week public consultation period has finished we can [...]
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 [...]
PM Rudd launches Australia’s WCup bids
Posted in Sport, tagged 1956, 2000 Olympic Games., 2018 World Cup., 2022 World Cup, 2022., acceptance, announce, audience, Australia, Australia (FFA), Australia's, Australia's bid to host, Australia's record, Australian fans, Belgium-Netherlands, bid, billionaire, Canberra, capital, challenges, country, courage, creativity, cup, England, English, event, FFA chairman, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, football, Football Federation, Frank Lowy, full backing, Germany, global appeal, goalkeeper, governing body, government, great opportunity, greater, host, host a World Cup, hosting, Indonesia, initiative, Japan, kevin rudd, launch., launched, launches, Lowy, Lucas Neill, major, Mark Schwarzer, Mexico, national, national skipper, nine bidders, official, official ceremony, officially, opportunity, Parliament House, performance, play, PM Rudd, Portugal-Spain, Premier League, Prime Minister, prize, property billionaire, Qatar, qualified, rudd, Russia, salute, showpiece event., Socceroos, South Africa, South Korea., Sport, sports events, Stars, statement., successful, support, SYDNEY (AFP), the nation., Thousands, United States, unparalleled, urging Australians, visit, WCup bids, world, world cup, World Cup bid., World Cup host., World Cup in 2018, World football, world stage on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SYDNEY (AFP) — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd officially launched Australia’s bid to host the football World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Rudd told an official ceremony at Parliament House in the national capital Canberra that Football Federation Australia (FFA) had the full backing of the government to bid for the showpiece event. “The sheer odds [...]
3 Malaysians nabbed in Perth for A$90,000 fake credit card purchases
Posted in Local News, tagged " said Carr. "Investigations, $90000, 000, abc news, across Perth., agencies, airport, alerted, ALL news, allegedly, altered, appear, apprehended, Australia, Australian, charged for allegedly, constable, containing, continuing, counterfeit cards, credit card, credit cards, custody, Debit cards, Detective, detectives, discovered., documentary, eastern states., electrical goods, estimated, evidence, fake credit cards, false, false identification., First class, found by police, fraud, fraud offences, fraud squad, goods, identification, involved, items, jewellery, laptop computers, large quantity, major, Malaysian tourists, month., news, perth, Perth Airport, Perth Magistrate's Court, plane, Police, Police Fraud Squad, possession, probe, purchasing, reported, Rulan Carr, scam, seized, shop owners, shopping centre, squad, stores, suitcase, suspects, suspicion, tourists, traced, travelled, trio, various, worth on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THREE Malaysian tourists have been charged for allegedly purchasing more than $90,000 (about RM255,000) worth of jewellery and electrical goods with fake credit cards across Perth. The two women, aged 21 and 26, and a 31-year-old man, had apparently travelled from the eastern states of Australia to Perth earlier this month and made the purchases [...]
Premier says WA needs skilled Chinese workers
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 2011, activity, allowances, Ansteel, Australian labour, Chevron's Gorgon LNG project, chinese, Chinese steel maker, Chinese workers, CITIC Pacific's Sino, Colin Barnett, conference in Perth, contemplates, deep water port, developing, expected, federal government, foreign, foreign worker, in 2011, include, iron, Iron project., labour shortages, major, massive, media, mill, Mr Barnett, natural gas, new, Oakajee, peak, perth, planned, Pluto Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, port, Premier, PREMIER Colin Barnett, Premier says, premier's comments, prevent, project, projects, relax, Resources, sector, severe, skill shortages, skilled, skilled worker, skilled workers, skills shortages, State, steel, trades, trades areas., viability, WA, WA needs, WA projects, WA's, WA's first steel mill., Woodside Petroleum Ltd's, work, Workers, yesterday on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PREMIER Colin Barnett may ask the Federal Government to relax foreign worker allowances to prevent labour shortages at major WA projects. WA faces severe shortages of skilled workers in 2011, when there is expected to be peak activity in WA’s resources sector, Mr Barnett told a media conference in Perth yesterday. The premier’s comments come [...]
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