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‘Too few cooks’: Chefs demand cuts to visa red tape

For leading restaurants weighed down by restrictive and inefficient visa regulations, it may be a case of too few cooks spoil the broth. Chef and restaurateur Luke Mangan said a shortage of chefs and waitstaff in the hospitality industry made businesses such as his reliant on foreign workers. This included South Korean chef Carlos Byeon, […]
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Australia’s Investor visa cash now tops $10b

The total inward investment flows from Australia’s Significant Investor Visa program since it was launched in 2012 has now topped $10 billion, according to a new report from Deloitte Access Economics. The SIV program was originally launched by the Gillard government with the goal of bringing more overseas high net-worth individual investors into the country. But […]
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Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard

New housing in Australia must meet minimum energy performance requirements. We wondered how many buildings exceeded the minimum standard. What our analysis found is that four in five new houses are being built to the minimum standard and a negligible proportion to an optimal performance standard. Before these standards were introduced the average performance of […]
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The Australian universities among the top 50 in the world

Five Australian universities have made the top 50 in the latest league table of the world’s best institutions, but the majority of institutions have failed one important measure. Australian institutions performed well for their academic reputation and international student ratios in the QS World University Rankings. Most, however, were at the bottom of the list […]
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Australian Visa from Dubai

Know the work visa options before planning your move. If you are looking to migrate to a country with fresh air, unspoilt nature, mild weather for most of the year, you might want to consider Australia. The continent also prides on its work-life balance. As an expat, if you are game for exploring new work […]
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Coalition abandons tougher English test for migrants

This time last year, the Coalition was said to be considering a basic English test for all new permanent migrants amid concerns that by 2021, more than one million ­people in Australia could have ­little or no English skills: The move to consider mandating English language tests beyond citizenship applicants and apply a basic conversational language […]
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Verifying Work Rights of Foreign Workers Before Employing

AUSTRALIA GUIDE FOR VERIFYING WORK RIGHTS OF FOREIGN WORKERS BEFORE EMPLOYING THEM VERIFYING WORK RIGHTS OF FOREIGN WORKERS Let’s start this article by stating the obvious: It is an offence against Australian immigration and labor laws to employ, refer or contract an illegal foreign worker in the country. In some cases, the offence is not […]
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