Does it surprise you to know that the Australian employment market is now more reliant on overseas talent than it was five years ago? According to recent findings, global professionals bring fresh expertise, filling the gaps that local markets struggle to meet. In October 2024, the Australian Bureau of Statistics […]
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On 14 May 2024, the Australian Government announced the 2024-2025 budget and in this blog, we break down the key elements about immigration changes. The federal government is taking measures to reduce the net migration rate as it overhauls the migration system and moves to reduce pressures caused by population […]
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On Monday, the 11th of December 2023, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles announced the Labor Party’s new migration strategy, with the aim of reducing net overseas migration from 510,000 to 250,000 by 2025. International students and the 485 Graduate visa in focus KEY POINTS The […]
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BackgroundDuring the Jobs and Skills Summit held in September 2022, the Government announced that, by the end of 2023, temporary skilled sponsored workers would have a pathway to permanent residence. The Subclass 186 visa allows employers to nominate skilled workers for permanent residence to fill genuine vacancies in their business. […]
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The Australian government is set to implement changes to Australia’s migration system to ensure temporary skilled workers have a pathway to PR. To support this, the Department of Home Affairs is currently working on changes to the: Temporary Skill Shortage (subclass 482) (TSS) visa Temporary Residence Transition stream (TRT) of […]
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On 9 May, 2023, the Australian Government announced that the planning level for the 2023–24 Permanent Migration Program would be set at 190,000 places. The 2023–24 permanent Migration Program has been set at the pre-COVID planning level of 190,000. This is a slight reduction of 5000 places compared with the […]
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Overview “It is a mess … so complicated that if I drew you a diagram it would look like a tangled bowl of spaghetti,” This is how our migration system was described by Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Clare O’Neil MP on 2 September 2022. The Minister for Home […]
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The Hon Clare O’Neil, Minister for Home Affairs and the Hon Andrew Giles, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, made important announcements during the Jobs and Skills Summit which took place September 1-2, 2022. During the summit an in depth review of the Australian migration program was announced. Here […]
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OVERVIEW Speak with any organisation or business owner and very quickly they will recount the challenges they are currently facing with staff shortages. After two years of disruption, it’s evident the staffing struggle is real and seems to be across all industries at all levels. The good news is that […]
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Did you know that approximately 46,720 Brazilians are now living in Australia with the majority in New South Wales? Let’s take a closer look at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2021 Census and how you can use this information to plan your migration strategy to Australia. Key Points According to the […]
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