http://www.immi.gov.au/legislation/amendments/2012/120324/lc24032012-04.htm From 26 March 2012, the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’) are amended to: •provide that student work entitlements are measured as 40 hours a fortnight instead of 20 hours…
http://www.immi.gov.au/students/_pdf/students-streamlined-unis.pdf “From 24 March 2012, in recognition of the universities’ good track record, student visa applicants enrolled in Bachelor, Masters or Doctoral degrees at participating universities, regardless of their country…
http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/ The Australian Government has proposed changes to the points based skilled migration visa program, which are scheduled to commence from 1 July 2012. These changes will include the merging…
http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/21193/nsw_strategy_busmig_students_20120319.pdf The NSW Government is committed to whole of state development and believes migration can play an important role in boosting economic activity and industry productivity
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/move-to-slash-red-tape-for-foreign-doctors-20120319-1vfrv.html An easing of the tough rules imposed on overseas-trained doctors, including a relaxation in time allowed to qualify for practice and to get fluency in English has been urged…
http://www.immi.gov.au/students/knight/ The majority of the stage two Knight Review changes are proposed to be implemented on 24 and 26 March 2012 with some other changes proposed to commence later in…