Australian News Economic Outlook Skill Shortages Immigration Student Visa TravelGDP has increased annually at rate of 4.2% and unemployment remains steady at 5.1% although significant underemployment, while AUD remains strong, though sentiment of most Australians, government opposition and media remain negative with high levels of household debt. Property prices have started to decrease from highs and cities like Melbourne already down 10%+ in past year with more apartments coming onto the ...
Regional Development, Urban Planning, Immigration and Population Growth Don’t push migrants out of cities: Henry. FORCING immigrants into regional areas to ease population congestion in big cities would be a bad policy step, Ken Henry has warned. In a qualified nod to a Big Australia, the Treasury secretary yesterday told a Melbourne conference that high immigration was closely linked to strong economic growth, and because skilled immigrants tended to take jobs Australians couldn’t ...
Australian Population Growth, Sustainability, Immigration and Skill Shortages Leaders at odds on growth. The ACT must populate or stagnate, according to Chief Minister Jon Stanhope who has signalled his opposition to any attempt to cut skilled migration to Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard distanced herself yesterday from the idea of a ''big Australia'' of 30 to 40 million people favoured by her ousted predecessor Kevin Rudd, but Mr Stanhope said he ...
The head of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) says the Government should put out a welcome mat for the Sri Lankan asylum seekers docked in west Java. So far the Labor movement has been broadly uncritical of the Prime Minister's approach to the 255 asylum seekers intercepted by the Indonesian Navy. But Paul Howes, who is also the vice-president of the ACTU, has now broken ranks. He has urged the Government to seize the moral high ground and ensure there is no return to the divisive debate of 2001. ...
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