Migration Places To Be Cut If Coalition Gets Into Power

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Tony Abbott’s Coalition will cut net migration levels if it wins government, in a bid to stop Australia’s population reaching its predicted size of almost 36 million in 2050. Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison yesterday told The Australian the Rudd government had allowed immigration to rise too high and the population figure that Treasury’s Intergenerational [...]

Investment Property In Sydney Heats Up

Investment Property In Sydney Heats Up

It has been a busy start to the new year in the Sydney investment property market as good quality properties are being sold quickly to eager buyers – sometimes at their full asking price. I’m not yet sure whether this strong buyer demand will be maintained throughout the year – or whether the strong results [...]

Australian property boom kicks off 2010

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Australian house prices rose last quarter by the most since 2003, and combined with the expansion of the manufacturing sector the central bank may have to extend a record round of interest-rate increases. Economists are expecting Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens to extend the benchmark lending rate, which reached 3.75 percent in December from a [...]

Happy new year

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Hey all, well it’s nearly 1 am down under on the 1st of January 2010! Much food has been eaten and much wine and beer has already been drunk With that in mind, this is a very short post to wish you all the very best for 2010.May this year be the year that your [...]

Sydney house prices in 2010 – heading Up, down or nowhere fast?

New South Wales releases State Migration Plan

I should preface this article by saying that unfortunately the crystal ball to tell us how Sydney house prices will weather the next 12 months has not yet been discovered.   So, if you are looking for someone to tell you this with certainty – keep looking – and tell me if you find that [...]

Migration quotas under threat by terrorists

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A member of parliament for the ruling Labor Party on Friday called for Australia’s immigration quotas to be cut in light of the threat from homegrown Islamic terrorists. That threat was exemplified last week when five men were charged over an alleged plot to storm an army base in Sydney. Kelvin Thomson rational for the [...]

Australian Immigration – Not much happening

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Hey all. Not much to write about in the world of Australian immigration so I thought I’d write a little entry just to say hi. I have a number of Google news alerts set up under various Australian Immigration categories on the basis that if anything happens then I’ll get to know about it quite [...]

Sydney Rental Market hits Crisis Point

I remember when we first arrived in Australia back in late 2006 and I wrote about the problems we experienced trying to find a rental property here in Perth. Speaking to friends and work colleagues who are currently in the ‘Rental market’ it seems that similar problems still exist, however compared to the other side [...]

Flying back to Sydney

New South Wales releases State Migration Plan

Well, I’m packing my bags again on Sunday and will be flying back over to Sydney to visit our Sydney offices and attend numerous meetings with Suppliers over the next week. I still think it sounds cool to say I’ve got meetings in Sydney , since my mini tour of Australia, I’m also hoping to [...]

Busy Busy Busy

Hi Guys It’s probably been the longest time I’ve spent without updating the blog and I feel ashamed I managed to get a promotion at work which has resulted in some pretty significant travel and a little less time to update the blog. Still, things seem to be calming down a little now so I [...]

Tasmania – The Australian Island State

Tasmania is Australia’s island state, separated from the mainland by the 240 kilometre expanse of Bass Strait. A land of wild and beautiful landscapes, Tasmania boasts a comfortable temperate climate, quality wine and food, rich history and a leisurely, relaxed lifestyle. Tasmania is home to one of the world’s 10 best beaches (Wineglass Bay), the [...]

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A New Beginning Down Under

Australia, according to the 2005 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, is the best place in the world to live in! That is probably why the application for migration to Australia annually is extremely competitive as many people dream of starting a new life down under. There are numerous factors attracting people to live in Australia – [...]

An Overview of Australia for Travelers

Australia is a very diverse country geographically and a hot spot for tourism. If you are thinking about heading down under, here is some information on Australia. An Overview of Australia for Travelers Australia is its own continent, the only country in the world that can say as much. It covers roughly 3 million square [...]

The Exotic North of Australia

Australia’s Northern Territory is a land of swirling, near-phosphorescent, ochre dust, rocky mountain-high thunderclouds and sky-shattering storms – a region of pawpaw (papaya) and mango farms, pearl oyster meat from the pearling industry, farm-raised alligator and Thai spices. Indigenous people still dive for lily roots and burn the forests to trap game and make passage [...]

Guess what – Nothings happened!

Do you know what, when we decided to emigrate to Australia, the emotions we went through when trying to gain our Visa kinda pale into insignificance when compared to those we are going through now we’re selling our house. I guess it’s the sheer lack of structure which is the thing that gets to you. [...]

All About Perth – Perths transport system

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Perths Transport System Perth is served by Perth Airport in the city’s east for domestic and international flights and Jandakot Airport in the city’s southern suburbs for light aviation. Perth has a road network with three freeways, nine metropolitan highways and no toll roads. Perth metropolitan public transport, including trains, buses and ferries, are provided [...]