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10 Jun 08
Australia spending $4.1m on immigration integration
The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship is planning to spend AUS$4.1 million on improving relations between Australian visa holders and Australian citizens and permanent residents. The government department said it will aim to create more "respect, fairness and inclusion" for those who immigrate to Australia.
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10 Jun 08
Tourists flocking to Australia cause extra flights to be scheduled
An extra 36 flights have been scheduled to cater for the swarm of tourists entering Australia for World Youth Day. The annual gathering is to be held in Sydney this year, which will see people on Australian travel visas flood into the country, reports World News Australia.
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10 Jun 08
New Zealand’s snow the place to go for Aussie travellers
With world-class ski fields set to open later this month in the Southern Hemisphere, New Zealand are again looking to Australia for the ski-bunnies to hop on over.
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10 Jun 08
Immigration advice goes west
The Australian Immigration and Citizenship Department are running a two-day seminar for residents in Western Australia, starting today.
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10 Jun 08
Australia and NZ looking out for their Pacific neighbours
During the World Environment Day convention last week in New Zealand, The President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, took the opportunity to tell the world he is losing his islands to the damaging effects of climate change. This week, both New Zealand and Australia stepped up their efforts in helping their Pacific neighbours.
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09 Jun 08
Australian visa applications a sign of event's success
The number of Australian visa applications may be an indicator that the upcoming World Youth Day may not be as successful as the organisers had hoped. The day's planners said they are confident the number of international visitors to the event will reach targets, but Australian visas issued for the event show they are 73,000 people short.
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09 Jun 08
Australian citizenship test has 'irrelevant' information
Some aspects of the Australian citizenship test may be changed after it was deemed too difficult by former diplomat Richard Wolcott.
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09 Jun 08
Senator Evans says unskilled visa applicants welcome in Australia
The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, said the skills shortages in Australia had now become a labour shortage, which means more Australian visas are available for unskilled workers. The Minister told Sky News that New Zealand successfully trialled a strategy to attract unskilled workers, and he hoped to transfer that trial to the Australian market.
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09 Jun 08
Character test for Australian visa applicants 'should be changed'
A character test that has led to 250 people not getting an Australian visa should be amended to make the system fairer, according to the Australian Institute (AI). The Federal Government has been urged to change the test after 68 visas have been cancelled in this financial year because of it, reports the Age.
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09 Jun 08
Australian tourism counting on backpackers
The numbers of holidaymakers to Australia are in rapid decline, while more backpackers from around the world continue to hit the shores year after year.
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09 Jun 08
Pay-packets high, interest rates cut – the skills-shortage in NZ looking more attractive to immigrants
The Hays 2008 Salary Survey and Guide has exposed the high demand for skilled workers in New Zealand, and attractive pay-packets to boot.
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