Guest VickyMel Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Don't know how true or likely it will be but hopefully this will be useful to those looking at the employer sponsorship in regional places. They really should make these visas easier for employers and also easily lead onto PR quite quickly. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/wayne-swan-to-boost-skilled-migrants/story-fn59niix-1226052163405 WAYNE Swan will flood regional areas with 16,000 skilled migrants next year to maximise the payoff from the resources boom in a budget that has been smashed by a $16 billion collapse in revenue. The Treasurer will tomorrow reveal a dramatic fall in capital gains tax receipts will help drive a $20bn budget deficit next financial year on the heels of a $51 billion budget shortfall for 2010-11. But, with the budget to focus on tackling regional Australia's labour shortages with extra skilled migration and spending on skills training, he expects the nation's books to roar back into the black as promised in 2012-13. The immigration move and revenue figures, confirmed by The Australian yesterday, came as Mr Swan said the budget presented a once-in-a-career opportunity to "convert a mining boom into an opportunity boom" by attacking welfare dependence. One measure to be announced tomorrow will be a 60 per cent increase in skilled migrant intakes under the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme, whereby employers can sponsor a skilled migrant on the condition they live and work in the area for at least two years. The budget is also expected to streamline the administration of the RSMS, allowing local authorities to tailor the scheme to suit their different labour needs. This year, about 10,000 migrants entered Australia on the scheme out of a skilled migrant intake of 113,850. The RSMS intake will be increased by 6000, with the administrative shake-up expected to make the program more responsive to the needs of communities in mining areas of Western Australia and Queensland.
Guest Jamie Smith Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Yes, the thinking is going in the right direction at last. But it's not yet clear if this is new annual quota or just shifting numbers from another visa category.
Guest machang Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 Thanks for sharing this article and read it fully. Then goes to readers comments section and found 80+ comments . OMG, no one is happy about immigration and everyone is blaming on immigration policies .??????? People are saying there are not much jobs for Australian yet immigration continues ?????? I thought australians are happy about immigration ?????????:err::err:
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