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		<title>Countdown to skilled migration overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skilled migrants to Australia are strongly advised to lodge visa applications ahead of immigration policy changes that take effect from 1 July


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		<title>Bowen to lift refugee numbers by 50%</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wareham McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard Government has announced that it intends to propose at the Labor Party’s national conference this weekend an increase of almost 50% in Australia’s intake of refugees, from 13,750 to 20,000. No timeline has been put on this initiative. Last month, Labor was forced by the Opposition to abandon its plans to allow offshore [...]


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		<title>Skilled immigration visa fees to increase from 1 Jan 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wareham McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard Government announced today that it will shortly implement a new visa fee system to ensure taxpayers are no longer subsidising visa applications. It says that currently, the application fees charged to people wanting to come to Australia do not cover the cost to the Commonwealth of processing the applications. The changes are projected [...]


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		<title>Change to processing location for partner and family migration applications lodged in Pakistan or Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wareham McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; New family migration applications from most applicants located Afghanistan or Pakistan will soon be processed in Islamabad, Pakistan.From 1 December 2011, the Australian High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan will process all new partner, child and family migration applications lodged by clients who live in Pakistan or Afghanistan (except for applications made by Afghan nationals). Afghan [...]


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		<title>Commencement of processing of Priority 5 applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wareham McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has advised that it is &#8220;very close&#8221; to allocating some Priority Group 5 applications to case officers. It says there are approximately 27,347 Priority 5 applications lodged from in Australia and 15,284 Priority 5 applications lodged from outside Australia, awaiting allocation. Priority 5 applications lodged from [...]


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		<title>Construction workers needed in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's mining boom is fuelling demand for skilled construction workers - 38,000 jobs need filling by 2014


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		<title>Stargazing business for sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very unusual business is for sale to a keen investor - and comes with a family home and 17ha of land on Queensland's Sunshine Coast


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		<title>Tourism jobs beckon in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia has 35,000 vacancies in the tourism sector, and is looking at ways to fill them


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		<title>Australia&#8217;s rich getting richer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gap is widening between the richest and poorest households in Australia


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		<title>Chefs and cooks eligible for state sponsorship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chefs and cooks are back on the state-sponsored occupations lists - for a limited time only



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