Australian industry lobbies for increase in immigration
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10:52 27/01/2014
The Australian Industry Group, (Ai Group) a pressure group that lobbies on behalf of Australian industry, has called on the country's Coalition government to raise the number of immigrants admitted...
Snoop Dogg issued with Australian Entertainer visa despite campaign
12:20 23/01/2014
The veteran rapper Snoop Dogg has been issued with an Australian Temporary Work (Entertainment) visa despite a campaign by feminists to bar him from the country. Mr Dogg was therefore able to perform...
New Australian immigration minister: I'll be tough on 457 fraud
13:52 01/11/2013
The new Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison has said that he will be 'tough' on those abusing the 457 temporary work visa. Speaking at an immigration conference in Canberra on Monday 28th...
Australia: 457 visa holders to be charged for children's schooling
18:26 12/08/2013
The Western Australian territorial government has announced that it is to charge 457 visa holders a fee of AUS$4,000 per year for every child educated in government-funded schools. The government...
Australian immigration concerned about Indian visa fraud
17:25 25/07/2013
The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) issued a secret report in 2011 which highlighted the ease with which Indian applicants for Australian visas were able to commit...
Australian immigration minister admits 457 visa 'rorting' claim was a 'forecast'
16:13 09/05/2013
Brendan O'Connor, the Australian immigration minister has been forced to admit that he had no evidence to support his claim, made on Australian TV last week, that about 10% of subclass 457 temporary...
