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		<title>Australia to Merge with New Zealand</title>
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Despite a flurry of news reports suggesting Australia and New Zealand may consider a merger, New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has dismissed the idea saying is not the answer to New Zealand&#8217;s problems.
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Don McKinnon disagrees and believes a merger with Australia is inevitable and driven [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/03/17/australia-to-merge-with-new-zealand/</link>
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		<title>New Skilled Occupation List April 2010</title>
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Jason Cameron, one of the Registered Migration Agents who regularly contributes in our forums recently posted a link to the new Skills Occupation List stating : Anyone interested in future skilled occupation list mid this year can gain some insight into the occupations that Skills Australia are proposing/considering. You can find the draft list on [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/03/13/new-skilled-occupation-list-april-2010/</link>
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		<title>Changes to the skills assessment criterion for certain onshore General Skilled Migration applicants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From 12 March 2010, all applicants applying for either a Skilled—Regional Sponsored (subclass 487) visa, Skilled—Independent (subclass 885) visa or Skilled—Sponsored (subclass 886) visa will be able to use an existing suitable skills assessment to lodge a valid visa application.
This will allow applicants nominating a trade occupation for the above visa subclasses to provide a [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/03/13/changes-to-the-skills-assessment-criterion-for-certain-onshore-general-skilled-migration-applicants/</link>
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		<title>New Critical Skills List (CSL) Published</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) updated the Critical Skills List this weekend with many computer professionals breathing a huge sigh of relief!
When the DIAC announced changes to the Australian immigration procedures on the 8th February, the Migration Occupations in Demand List became defunct. This left many people with occupations previously in the [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/03/08/new-critical-skills-list-csl-published/</link>
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		<title>Australian skilled migrants are highly paid professionals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost 90 per cent of temporary skilled migrants who were granted Subclass 457 visas in 2009-10 to date are managers and professional workers, new figures show.
The average total salary package for all new Australian temporary skilled migrant workers is almost $100,000 &#8211; an increase of $10,000 on the same time last year.
The highest paid workers [...]

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		<title>GSM Points Test Review Discussion Paper Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a result of the recent General Skilled Migration (GSM) changes we wrote about on the 8th of February, a review of the GSM Points Test is to be undertaken in the first half of 2010 and a discussion paper will be placed on the department&#8217;s website for public comment until 12 March 2010.
The discussion paper has now been [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/02/16/gsm-points-test-review-discussion-paper-released/</link>
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		<title>General Skilled Migration changes and their impact on international students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Minister for Immigration yesterday announced significant changes to the General Skilled Migration (GSM) program.
Changes include:

Cap and Cease of offshore GSM applications lodged before 1 September 2007
A new Skilled Occupations List (SOL) to come into effect in mid 2010
Abolition of the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL)
Revocation of Critical Skills List (CSL) from mid [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/02/09/general-skilled-migration-changes-and-their-impact-on-international-students/</link>
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		<title>Wanted Down Under Series 5 – How to Apply for Series 5 of Wanted Down Under</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wanted Down under Series 4 and Wanted Down Under revisited have finally come to an end and like many other episodes of Wanted Down Under its caused a bit of a stir with our visitors.
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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/02/09/wanted-down-under-series-5-how-to-apply-for-series-5-of-wanted-down-under/</link>
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		<title>Changes to the General Skilled Migration Program Annouced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, announced a number of changes to the General Skilled Migration program.
 Let’s look at the key changes. We’ll cover these changes in more detail further on in this article.

Offshore General Skilled Migration Visa Applications made before the 1st September 2007 will be capped and then ceased.
The [...]

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		<li><a href="http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2007/09/01/changes-to-the-general-skilled-migration-program-effective-today/" rel="bookmark">Changes to the general skilled migration program effective today</a><!-- (45.2001)--></li>
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	</ol>

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/02/08/changes-to-the-general-skilled-migration-program-annouced/</link>
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		<title>TRA Job Ready Program &#8211; Further Details Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Further information on the requirements for the TRA job ready program has become available. The job ready program applies to people living in Australia who wish to apply for skills assessment in a trade occupation.
Stage 1: Provisional Skills Assessment
The provisional skills assessment requires applicants to show 6 months of work experience, 6 minimum in IELTS [...]

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		<link>http://www.gettingdownunder.com/2010/02/05/tra-job-ready-program-further-details-released/</link>
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