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		<title>Global job skills: the Top 10 Most Wanted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hays Recruitment has identified the top 10 skills most in demand in the international job market
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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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		<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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		<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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		<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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		<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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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Scrivenger</dc:creator>
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