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09 Aug 06
Calling the 40 percent of Brits who want to emigrate to Australia; here’s how
A recent poll has named Australia tops by those considering a move aboard. British nurses, bricklayers, carpenters, cooks, chefs, mechanics, engineers, and hairdressers currently stand the best chance of realising the dream lifestyle offered Down Under; they score the most points for their occupation, a key component in Australia’s immigration system.
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26 Jun 06
Changes to Australian Working Holiday Visas take effect 1 July 2006
Significant changes to Australia’s popular Working Holiday Maker Visa come into effect 1 July 2006. The changes give holiday makers the opportunity to work and study for longer in Australia and the chance to extend their visa for another year by offering an increased selection of seasonal jobs in regional areas.
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07 Apr 06
One year on former MG Rover employees still eligible for a new life in Australia
Workers from MG Rover’s Longbridge plant who faced mass redundancies this time last year remain in high demand in Australia as the country’s booming economy suffers from a continuing skills shortage in the automotive sector.
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29 Mar 06
Australia’s booming economy fuels global recruitment drive
The Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) has just topped up its Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) adding builders, bakers, glaziers, roof plumbers, tilers and stonemasons, among others, to its list of preferred migrants.
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20 Mar 06
Australia celebrates eighth annual ‘National Harmony Day’
The Australian Government is actively encouraging its citizens to come together on 21 March 2006 to acknowledge the nation’s cultural diversity.
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06 Mar 06
Same sex couples welcomed in Australia
The Government of Australia has announced a significant change in its immigration policy; the inclusion of same sex partners on skilled and student visa applications.
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16 Aug 05
Australia seeks 20,000 skilled migrants
The Australian Government has announced plans for a large-scale recruitment program aimed directly at skilled British labour. Not since the ‘Ten Pound Pom’ campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s has the Australian Government recruited British migrants so aggressively.
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11 Apr 05
MG Rover workers eligible for a new life in Australia
Workers from MG Rover’s Longbridge plant facing redundancy, and those who work in support and supplier channels, may have something to look forward to; a new life in Australia.
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25 Feb 05
Record number of under 30s take ‘career breaks’ in Australia
Young Brits who find the frantic pace of London work life too much are turning to the Australian Working Holiday visa scheme for ‘career breaks’.
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