The ACT Government has released a new ACT Occupation List effective today, 1 September 2016.
A summary of the list provides the following information:
The skills need has eased for
restaurant managers, management consultants, solicitors and financial
advisers. These occupations are now closed.
The demand for skills within
corporate management, HR and the creative / design sector is increasing.
Occupations within these sectors have now opened.
The ‘open’ status of the
following...
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Recent changes to Victorian relationship registry
Recent
changes from the Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages brings good
news to Victorian couples. Prior to the change, any couples who wanted to
register for a ‘domestic relationship’ were required to demonstrate that each
person to the relationship had been living in Victoria for at least 12 months
prior to application.
New
changes came into effect from 1st July 2016 and the ’12 months
residing in Victoria’ requirement for each partner has been removed.
Below is an outline of the new eligibility to register a domestic...
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
SkillSelect - invitiations issued 2015-2016
During 2015-16 the following numbers of invitations have been issued:
Invitations issued during 2015-16:
Visa subclassJulyAugSeptOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJuneTotal
Skilled - Independent (subclass 189)
2,300
2,300
2,300
2,000
2,300
1,400
4,800
3,200
2,600
2,200
2,435
565
29,560
Skilled – Regional Provisional (subclass 489)
80
80
80
40
40
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
385
Total
2,380
2,380
2,380
2,040
2,340
1,410
4,810
3,210
2,610
2,210
2,910
570
29,945
The...
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Migrants generally more skilled than the average Australian
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published some interesting statistics that migrants in general are more skilled than the average Australian.
MIGRANTS AND QUALIFICATIONS
In this section the term 'adult migrants' refers to people born outside Australia who were at least 15
years of age when they migrated to Australia.
In 2015, 73% of adult migrants aged 15–64 years had a non-school qualication compared with 58% of those born in Australia (Table 1 and 14).
The proportion of adult migrants who had a Bachelor...
Tuesday, 9 August 2016
Student visa-holders underpaid
Two international students working at a fast-food outlet in Sydney have been short-changed thousands of dollars.
The underpayments were discovered during a random audit of the business by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
The visa-holders, from India, were paid flat rates of $18 an hour for all hours worked.
Under the Fast Food Industry Award, they should have been paid $23.74 for ordinary hours, $28.49 on Saturdays, $33.24 on Sundays and $52.23 on public holidays.
They were underpaid $3820 and $3345 respectively. The Harris Park business also...
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