West Australians expect the biggest pay rises of any workers in the country, believing the global recession is over and the mining boom has arrived. A report by Westpac has found 14 per cent of West Australians expect a pay rise of at least 8 per cent over the coming year, while another 21 per [...]
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More WA workers expect a pay rise
Posted in Local News, Realestate and Home Loans, tagged bank, biggest pay rises, boom, chief, Commonwealth Bank, CommSec, country, Craig James, customers, despite, economist, equities, expect, global recession, home loan, loan, loan repayments, mining, mining boom, optimism, pay., rate of inflation, rises, State, WA, wage rise, WEST Australians, Westpac, Workers on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Western Australia looks to Down Under Live to help tackle skill shortages
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008., absolute, amelioration, businesses, Down Under Live in London, downside, economic analyst, government of Western Australia, help, impending, increasing, job advertisements, jobseekers, mining boom, perth, Perth’s Curtin University, Peter Kenyon, professor of economic policy, recruit, revisit, skill shortages, skilled workers, skills shortage, skills shortages, staff, State, State’s, tackle, waiters, windows on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The government of Western Australia is coming to Down Under Live in London to recruit skilled workers to help tackle the state’s impending skill shortages. According to a respected economic analyst, Peter Kenyon, professor of economic policy at Perth’s Curtin University, the state is set to revisit the skills shortages that were the downside of the [...]
Perth properties quickest to sell
Posted in Realestate and Home Loans, tagged 2009., analysts RP Data, average house price, borrowers, capital, Christopher Joye, house, investors, key drivers, latter half, managing director, market, mortgage, new figures, payments, perth, price, properties, property, quicker, rates fell, reduce, reduce mortgage payments, research, Rismark, Rismark International, selling, sold, State, state capital, unit, units, upgraders on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Perth properties are being sold quicker than any other state capital, new figures show. Research from property analysts RP Data and Rismark International shows it took 24 days to sell a house in November and two days fewer for units. The time taken to sell a unit was the quickest in Australia, while only in [...]
New citizenship resource for schools
Posted in ALL news, tagged Adelaide, Australian, Australian citizen, children, citizenship, citizenship ceremony, civic, civic responsibilities, civics, classroom activities, commitment to Australia, country, curricula, deliver, designed, DIAC, educational, I am Australian: Exploring Australian Citizenship, in-depth lessons, linked, lower secondary, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, MP Steve Georganas, Plympton Primary School, represents, resource book, resource kit, responsibilities, school, school resource book, Senator Chris Evans, Senator Evans, significance, State, Students, teachers, territory, The Department of Immigration and Citizenship, upper primary on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new educational resource kit on citizenship will provide school children across the country with a greater understanding of our civic responsibilities and what it means to be an Australian citizen. The school resource book – I am Australian: Exploring Australian Citizenship – is designed to assist teachers to deliver more in-depth lessons on Australian citizenship [...]
The adventure starts here London, 30th & 31st Jan 2010
Posted in Immigration News, Uncategorized, tagged Australia, Australia visa, best, biggest, Business Design Centre, dedicated migration seminar programme, Down Under Live, event, healthcare, highlight, Islington, January 30th - 10.30am to 5.30pm, January 31st - 10am to 4.30pm, job, job opportunities, London in 2010, migration experts, New Zealand, offer migrants, overseas, overseas workers, recognised, returns, schooling., shipped, State, UK’s, visa, visa process, visa processing on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Down Under Live ! The UK’s biggest event for Australia and New Zealand returns to London in 2010 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, as well as the best advice and help for anyone planning the move of a lifetime down under. Come and listen to our dedicated migration seminar programme, where visitors to [...]
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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