Springtime in Perth brings with it many great things. Beautiful spring flowers in the park, cleaner homes and warmer weather.
Unfortunately it also brings with it Flies; and lots of them.
Apparently there are millions of flies …

OK, perhaps just pleasantly warm then!
Hmmm, sunshine. Probably one of the main attractions for many and one of the reasons why we choose Perth; officially the sunniest city in the world to be our home.
Speaking …

I read an interesting transcript from a speech made by a chap called Andrew Metcalf.
Andrew Metcalf is the Secretary for the department of Immigration and Citizenship and he made his speech during an address at …

So you’ve decided to move to Australia. The sun shines, the sky is blue and Aussies speak a Language that we can all understand!
Ok, the first two points in that last statement are accurate but …

I love barbecues, even in the UK, during the one or two sunny days we got each year I always made an effort to chuck a couple of sausages on the barbecue which were duly …

The Australian Immigration Website reports news of a new Australian Values Statement which will need to be signed as part of the Visa Application in certain Categories.
From 15 October 2007, all applicants aged 18 years …

I’ve noticed recently that quite a few folks have been hitting getting down under via search engines using search terms such as Sky TV in Australia and How do I get SKY TV in Australia?
The only …

I like beer! Ok, that’s it. I’ve admitted it!
Australia’s climate is very conducive to drinking vast quantities of alcohol and I have to say I’ve been downing litres of the stuff.
Centuries ago when I first …

Since the birth of our little girl the missus has been busy (thanks honey ) completing all the necessary paper work to make sure she was legal.
This has included registering the birth and …

A little while ago I added a poll (which is displayed on the left hand side of every page) to the site to try and get an indication of where folks would be heading to …

I’ve written quite a bit about the state of the Western Australian housing market of late.
According to a recent report published by the Real Estate Institute of Australia, paying weekly rent was now a major …

Back in January I casually noted that you won’t find a red-back spider or similar deadly critter hidden around every corner.
Now we’re into October I thought I’d never get around to meeting anything that could …

The folks over at immi have announced this month an amendment to both the Sponsorship and Nomination Criteria and the Temporary Business (Long Stay) Subclass 457 visa Time of Decision Criteria.
From 1 October 2007, the …

Latest time lines from the ASPC. Any comments or questions then please post them in the thread posted in our forums here
As of 2 October 2007 the ASPC admin section is processing as follows:
Onshore Applications: …

A number of annoucements from the ASPC which may be of interest to applicants currently going through the application process.
Delays in receipting applications
The Department has implemented major reforms to the General Skilled Migration (GSM) programme …

I’ve been writing blog entries and articles on this site since January 2006 and its getting to the stage where some of the more useful articles are getting buried deep in the archives.
To try and …