RMN

As Marine jobs in SOL are flagged now and they will be removed in near future, I need to know what is exactly "near future" means. Does it mean that it will be removed in next SOL update (june 2017) or it might be removed during 2016?Cheers

Good day mates, I have applied for SUBCLASS 489(Sponsored by family member) to work and live in Australia for four years. After that I would apply for PR through SUBCLASS 887 , there is a requirement to get PR and that is to work for one year in designated areas. As I am currently working in a shipping company outside of Australia I wonder if there is any proviso in this regard for mariners exempting this requirement for them?