Posted in Local News, tagged 24 hours, ages, AMP, antisocial behaviour., available, banned, bans, behaviour, bid, capital, cards, Carousel, centres., comfort, communication, company’s, complexes, conditions, consequences, crack down, Garden City, guards, handing out, Karrinyup, manager, meeting, members, natural, Ocean Keys, people, people’s safety, perth, photographs, place, problems, public, punishment, request, safe, security, Security guards, serious, shoppers, shopping centres, six months, system., teenagers, treated, venues, warning, Westfield’s Innaloo, Westfield’s youth cards, whitford, Whitford City, youths on July 6, 2009|
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Shopping centres in Perth are handing out cards warning youths they could be banned from the venues in a bid to crack down on antisocial behaviour.
Security guards at Westfield’s Innaloo, Carousel and Whitford City centres also carry photographs of those already banned.
The youth cards introduced at the beginning of the year were not a punishment and were available to all members of the public on request.
The cards warned teenagers what behaviour was expected of them, how they could expect to be treated by security guards and the consequences of antisocial behaviour — including bans of 24 hours to six months.
Youths are encouraged at the centres but they should not detract from other people’s safety or comfort. Currently there are no serious problems with youths at the shopping centres.
Security guards carried photographs of banned youths so they could be easily recognised if they returned before permitted.
Ms Laschon said shopping centres were a natural, safe meeting place for people of all ages. She said the conditions of Westfield’s youth cards should apply to all shoppers.
“The whole idea of screaming at the top of your voice and running around happens with lots of people at the beginning of sale time. It’s not only teenagers that get excited,” she said.
AMP Capital Shopping Centres communication manager Scott Gillespie said the company’s Karrinyup, Garden City and Ocean Keys complexes did not have a similar system in place.
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Posted in Immigration News, tagged agents, arriving here, Australia, Australian community, Australian educational experience, barred from the profession, behaviour, calls, closer scrutiny, crack down, deserve, deserves, desperate, desperate visa seekers, education, educational, experience, few., government, hijacked, illegal, immigration, Immigration News, Industry, international, international education in Australia., international students deserve, loathsome, MIA, migration, migration agents, Migration Institute of Australia, overseas, profession, registered migration agents, regulation, sector, seeking, Senate Inquiry, shocking behaviour, Students, supports, supports calls, tainted, Targeted, tolerated, too valuable, unethical behaviour, unlike migration agents, unscrupulous operators., valuable., violent offenders, visa, visa advice, wholehearted support on June 11, 2009|
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The Migration Institute of Australia supports calls for a Senate Inquiry into international education in Australia. 
The sector deserves closer scrutiny by government, including an attempt to crack down on education agents here and overseas who, unlike migration agents, can act without regulation. It is an industry too valuable to be hijacked by illegal and unethical behaviour by either desperate visa seekers or unscrupulous operators.
If migration agents are involved they will be barred from the profession. This behaviour is not tolerated in the migration profession. Students who need immigration or visa advice should only rely on registered migration agents.
Once arriving here, international students deserve the wholehearted support of the Australian community and it is loathsome that those seeking an education may be targeted by violent offenders. We can’t let a valuable Australian educational experience be tainted by the shocking behaviour of the few.
Source www.mia.org.au
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