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Not a paediatrician (I am ED) but my understanding is that the speciality physician designation is for those post CCT. Everyone else applies under gen med practitioner NEC 253999. I assume if you are applying for the 189, you already have your full AHPRA registration? So you must be on a 457 at the moment?

Stop remoaning Hain! Enemy of the people!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/12/ruth-davidson-suggests-theresa-may-ready-change-brexit-strategy/ And one from the Torygraph. Oh dear..... Oh deary me...... Schadenfreude with a touch of sugar & a pinch of nuts seems to be the dish of the day.

This comment is dripping with irony.

Not been watching politics this year mate? Trump promised an actual wall across North America, a Muslim ban and bring back a dead coal industry. The Tories promised full access to the single market & complete control on immigration - total nonsense. People want change - it does not matter if that is unrealistic. He promised not to crap on them as has been the case with everyone else - you would have done the same in their position.

Then I suggest you agitate for the Tories to be more inclusive and spread the economic pie more evenly vis a vis Germany. Young people have been shat on for years with tuition fees, housing and pay freezes while older Brits have been protected because they vote. Now you are whinging because the youngsters are biting back - too bad. Maybe what Corbyn is offering is unrealistic but he is offering them hope and change. The Tories offered them another 5 years of sugar coated excrement.

Damn those students for expressing their democratic rights & voting in their interests. Good for them. The tories have been tossing bribes at the grey vote for years.

How can anyone defend this anything other than the most phyrric of phyrric victories for the Conservatives? It is a total disaster. May has not a hope of governing effectively - it will essentially be on a bill by bill basis. She can forget about a 'hard' Brexit: - She has 0 - ZERO credibility in Brussels & will have her eurosceptic wing gunning for her - The DUP will not tolerate a hard Irish border - Can she even muster enough support with the DUP anyway? Ken Clarke, Anna Soubry et al will be the kingmakers Jeremy Corbyn has solidified his credibility within his PLP and demonstrated that he is a viable leader of the opposition. They are now united and a far more dangerous opponent for the Conservatives than 6 weeks ago.

Twas about to say! 2000pcm is actually rather reasonable for a rental property (this is about average for a 2 bed unit in an inner suburb) The problem you are going to have is that the rental market is pretty competitive & furnished properties are at a premium. You are going to need Australian bank details and proof of income for your applications also. The only suggestion I could make is to apply for a flat share for 6 months? Even this might be tricky as most are looking for annual tenancy.

I have to admit, I struggle with the notion that the 804 non contributory visa should be continued with the introduction of this new temporary visa. I could simply not justify bringing my parents over to a country that has given me so much with the eventual potential use of benefits to which they should never have rights. It seems to be fairly frequent that the country is entered on a tourist visa with the intention to immediately lodge a non CPV. This seems somewhat against the spirit of immigration guidelines & a way to both skip the queue & avoid paying (quite legitimate) contributory visa costs. Not to mention the high risk of failing the 2nd medical after 10ish years and inevitably being too unwell to return home. Why not simply place the 8503 restriction on all tourist visas above a certain age?

I cannot speak for the work environment but Box Hill itself is a pretty decent place geographically speaking. It is a pretty ethnically diverse place with a heavy Chinese influence so expect to encounter frequent Mandarin/Cantonese. Hideously expensive (although where in the east is not). Pretty good transport links - it is the main hub for trains in Eastern Melbourne. $20 is pretty good! My understanding is that goods tend to be more expense in SA but renting is far higher in Melbourne so swings and roundabouts

7-9% is pretty good. I have seen far far worse! Bring along any copies of previous blood tests and any eye tests he will have had done in the past - As long as he can demonstrate good glycaemic control and the absence of diabetic organ disease then he should be fine.

I work in Ferntree Gully and Box Hill - commute between the 2 and the CBD daily. The positives are that it is beautiful. You are right in the foothills of the Dandenong hills with the thousand steps and pretty old towns like Olinda. If you want somewhere affordable with land then you could do much much worse. The negatives are that it does not have a huge amount to do in the evening - you really would have to go to Knox to find anything that is really open in the evening. I think the gully may still have an Irish bar but that is pretty much about it. There is some ok(ish) shopping but to find a decent shopping centre, you would have to drive further in - maybe Burwood or Knox. If you are driving at 6-7am then you will be looking at around 45mins door to door, the Eastern freeway does not really start to jam up until 7.30-9am in which case you are looking at 1-1.5hrs easily.

What are you looking for size wise? For that budget you will easily find a 2 bedroom unit in the inner suburbs. Generally you would be looking from the NE round to the South. Fitzroy, Carlton, Richmond, South Yarra & South Melbourne are all popular, close to the CBD and have plenty of expats If you want a larger house then you would have to look a bit further out but Brighton, Hawthorn east, Elsternwick or Malvern are worth a look. All have good train or tram links

Sounds about the same in all honesty. Just to see an out of hours dentist will set you back £120 minimum. Having 2 wisdom teeth removed "on the NHS" 3 years ago cost £130

I thought I would give my 10 cents regarding this issue as (another) British doctor moving to Australia. The problems with the NHS are legion but I suppose the main issues are deliberate cross party underfunding (ie: below inflation) and chronic political interference. You cannot divorce social care from the NHS budget and expect it to have no knock on effect (medical beds are now full of frail elderly people who are not actually ill but simply have nowhere to be discharge to safely) Staffing rota's are run "efficiently" - that is to say at the minimum legal levels and this means that any unforseen issues need to be covered by locums and bank nurses at astronomical cost (simply because the annual budgets now look pretty on paper). Personally I no longer believe that a completely tax payer funded model is the way to go anyway, other European systems have a degree of co-payment and there are not hordes dying on the street (a la the US)

I think you will just end up wasting your own time if you do this. I am not quite sure what the heart monitor test refers to but I imagine it would be either a treadmill test or 24hour heart tracing, neither of which will happen in an emergency department. Good luck with your test and hope things work out.

As Scattley stated, the main issue will whether your friends' medical degree is from a recognised competent authority (UK, US, Canada, NZ or Rep Ireland). If not then they must apply via the standard pathway and this will involve an AMC CAT MCQ and workbased placed assessments in a designated region. See http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Registration/International-Medical-Graduates.aspx As to the pay, that would depend on where they work now and their seniority. In general if they have completed internship or recognised equivalency then they should be able to work as either an RMO or registrar - they would have to contact a hospital in their desired region for more specifics. The other caveat is that it is extremely difficult to procure positions in competitive specialities (nigh on impossible in metropolitan regions). If they are a general practitioner or an emergency medic then it is far easier than anaesthesia or a surgical sub speciality.