VISAS – GOVERNMENT POLICY – AUSTRALIA

Easy entry for skilled foreigners

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 7-Jan-15

The Australian Government may relax the visa requirements for skilled overseas workers who are hired on temporary contracts. The reforms would allow companies to recruit foreign workers on a "short-term mobility" visa rather than the existing 457 visa for skilled workers. Migration Solutions MD Mark Glazbrook supports the proposed reforms, but ACTU president Ged Kearney argues that hiring and training Australian workers should be the priority

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MIGRATION SOLUTIONS PTY LTD, ACTU, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION, AUSTRALIAN MINES AND METALS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED), MASTER BUILDERS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED

Radical plan for tourism

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 30-Oct-14

Senator David Leyonhjelm has proposed a number of measures to stimulate growth in Australia’s tourism sector. He would like the age limit on working holiday visas to be raised or removed. Holiday-makers who work in tourism jobs should be able to extend their visas by 12 months. He believes that people employed in restaurants should not be paid more when they work on a Saturday or Sunday

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RESTAURANT AND CATERING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Immigration to crack down on investor rort

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Original article by Fleur Anderson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Government will make changes to the residency visa program for wealthy overseas investors. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the Government is concerned that some foreigners have abused the significant investor visa scheme, which gives them access to Australian residency on the condition that they invest a minimum of $A5 million in Australia for four years. Morrison said some investors have shifted their money out of Australia once they received a visa

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB (AUSTRALIA), BANK OF CHINA GROUP

Immigration to crack down on investor rort

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Original article by Fleur Anderson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Government will make changes to the residency visa program for wealthy overseas investors. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the Government is concerned that some foreigners have abused the significant investor visa scheme, which gives them access to Australian residency on the condition that they invest a minimum of $A5 million in Australia for four years. Morrison said some investors have shifted their money out of Australia once they received a visa

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB (AUSTRALIA), BANK OF CHINA GROUP