it is clear that emigrant is a person who is Australian citizen or PR (not temporary visitor), it is also clear that they count only persons who declare they are leaving permanently but NOT those who say they are leaving permanently but who then subsequently return
it is clear that emigrant is a person who is Australian citizen or PR (not temporary visitor), it is also clear that they count only persons who declare they are leaving permanently but NOT those who say they are leaving permanently but who then subsequently return
Correct. No data to support the abs claim. Not provided by them anyway....
Skilled migration is increased through a range of measures
Monday, 13 June 2011 17:30
REGIONAL councils and businesses will be given a say in shaping Australia's skilled migrant intake to ensure workers with the right mix of capabilities are being bonded to their community.
Wayne Swan has unveiled the initiative that is designed to give employers and local governments a greater say in addressing labour shortages in regional Australia in the recent budget. The Treasurer has stepped up efforts to ease the skills shortage by pumping 16,000 skilled migrants into the regions next financial year. The move highlights the extent to which Asia's roaring demand for Australia's resources has dominated. Mr. Swan and Julia Gillard have made it clear the economic blueprint will include a range of initiatives to lift workforce participation through welfare reform and extra spending on education and training.
However, with growth in demand for skilled labour continuing to outstrip labour supply, it is understood the budget delivered a 60 per cent boost in the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme, under which employers can sponsor an applicant for a skilled position. Migrants recruited under the scheme are required to live and work in the regional community for at least two years. About 10,000 migrants were recruited under the RSMS in 2010-11 out of a total of 113,850 in the skilled migrant stream. The levels have lifted to 16,000 in 2011-12.The government will also seek to make the RSMS more flexible by creating Regional Migration Agreements, allowing it to apply tailor-made migration solutions in individual communities.
It is understood the change responds to concern in some communities that existing national protocols on the RSMS involved too much red tape. Under the new approach, the government will work with local councils and chambers of commerce in areas of high unemployment growth or emerging skill shortage to create template agreements taking account of local circumstances. Employers will be able to use the template agreement as they negotiate with the government to recruit skilled labour. The agreements would take account of local training and pre-employment programs offered to Australians in affected areas to prevent the recruitment of foreign workers ahead of Australians and also deliver the migrants to areas of genuine labour shortage.
Sources: Content taken and edited from the Australian written by Matthew Franklin WA groups welcome Budget's skills initiative
WA'S business groups have welcomed the Federal Budget's focus on training and workforce development as part of a strategy to address the looming skills shortage. Included in Treasurer Wayne Swan's fourth Federal Budget, handed down on May 10th night was a commitment of $1.75 billion over five years to reform vocational education and training. There was also a commitment of $558 million for National Workforce development fund which will help to deliver 130,000 new training places and $201 million to help apprentice's complete training.
The Federal Government also plans to boost migrant numbers, and will also send an additional 16,000 migrants to Australia's regional areas. It comes amid forecasts that WA will need 33,000 workers in the next 18 months. Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief economist John Nicolau said the group welcomed the government's move at addressing the looming skills shortage. "It's pleasing that there is a strong focus on skills and workforce development which is a key challenge that this state faces now and into the future and so that certainly is something that we look forward to exploring in more detail," he said."But the challenge for WA is here and now and that's why it's important that there are other strategies to work in line with the medium and longer term objectives, and migration is certainly a central component of that strategy.
"It's pleasing that there has been an increase in permanent migration numbers, but it is important for a state like WA, to have a flexible migration program that is responsive to industry needs here and now."So some of the measures while welcome, I'm not sure will deliver the workforce requirements this state needs today and over the short-term."The Chamber of Minerals and Energy also welcomed the Federal Budget's plan for training and workforce development. "As more and more resource projects are developed, the challenge of finding skilled employees is getting tougher and tougher," CME Chief Executive Reg Howard-Smith said. "It is pleasing to see that that Commonwealth recognises the need for urgent solutions to address skill shortages through the government's commitment to training, new enterprise migration agreements and a focus on regional migration."
Offshore applications still spiralling out of control
Andrew Trounson From: The Australian August 01, 2011 5:35PM
OFFSHORE student visa applications tumbled 20 per cent in 2010-11 in worrying market signal. But applications from international students who are currently in Australia have helped contain the total fall to a more modest 5 per cent.
Offshore applications are a key indicator of future demand.
Total visa applications, which include onshore applications, were down 5 per cent, compared with a 19 per cent fall in 2009-10.
In its June quarter summary the Department of Immigration said the fall in applications appeared to be stabilising. It noted that monthly applications so far this year have been higher than last year in every month except April. But that is largely due to higher numbers of onshore applications reflecting churn in existing students rather than new growth.
Nevertheless, offshore applications for June of 16,873 was up slightly from 16,798 in June 2010.
The Indian market has been the hardest hit by the fall in offshore applications, with applications free-falling 63 per cent. The Indian market had driven the previous boom that had been stoked by demand from students seeking immigration opportunities.
The market was punctured in 2009 by some highly publicised assaults on Indian students, a crack down on immigration rorts, tighter immigration rules, and a strong Australian dollar.
Worryingly, offshore applications from China, Australia's largest international student market, were down 24 per cent.
Offshore higher education visa applications were down 17 per cent, while total applications were down 3 per cent.
Offshore applications for vocational education and training tumbled 44 per cent, but higher onshore applications meant total applications were down 5 per cent.
Offshore applications for English language student visas were down 15 per cent, while total applications were down 13 per cent.
Separately, Australian Education International has released data showing international student commencements are down 6.8 per cent in the year to June.
Higher education commencements, which mainly reflects universities, were down 0.9 per cent. However VET was down 4.1 per cent and the English language sector was down 16 per cent. Both these sectors are key feeders into universities.
Good. At least one good side effect of the high $AUD. Education is not an industry and should never have become one. Our universities have sold their souls and lost any clue of their original purpose and have been turned into PR factories.
Based on the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for the 12 months to March 2011, the results of a controlled Federal Government slowdown in migration for the period has become evident.
During this period, Australia's population increased by just 1.4% which equates to approximately 312,000 people; the lowest level of annual population growth since the 12 months to June 2006 (303,089).
In percentage terms, it is also the lowest annual rate of population growth since the 12 months to December 2005 (1.4%). Despite the slowdown, population growth is still tracking well above the long-term average rate of growth (254,561), over the year. The long-term average is measured since 1981.
Net overseas migration slowed over the March 2011 quarter. However, with increases to migration, particularly skilled migration, announced in the federal budget, we may see a reversal of these trends over the coming year.
Across the individual states, New South Wales recorded the greatest increase in population in raw number terms, up 82,134 persons over the past 12 months. In percentage terms, New South Wales' population is growing by just 1.1% over the year compared to Western Australia where the population growth of 50,962 persons equates to a 2.2% increase over the year.
Looking at interstate migration, New South Wales, South Australia and Northern Territory are losing residents to other states with the largest beneficiaries being Queensland (7,391) and Western Australia (4,996).
The outflow of residents from New South Wales is now at near-to their lowest levels since December 1998, while Victoria's interstate migration is the strongest since June 2002. Interstate migration to Queensland is now at its lowest of any period since 1981 while in Western Australia, interstate migration is increasing again but below levels recorded between mid 2007 and mid 2009.
These latest results confirm that when people do migrate from overseas, their preference is to settle in the more populated states such as New South Wales which captured 29.9% of all overseas migrants followed by Victoria (27.3%), Queensland (18.4%) and Western Australia (16.4%). Collectively, these four states accounted for 92% of net overseas migration.
Overall, this recent data shows that Australia's rate of population growth is slowing however, in raw number terms it remains well above the long-term average level.
"Australians are now showing a decreased propensity to move interstate and obviously this is causing population growth into Queensland to slow markedly after it had previously held the mantle as the strongest population growth state for many years."
"From a housing market perspective, the lower rate of population growth directly affects demand for housing. A potential trend that we may see emerge is an increase in the number of interstate migrants, particularly from New South Wales and Victoria, heading to Queensland and Western Australia. The population and how it grows
At a national level, population grows in two ways: natural increase (births minus deaths) and net overseas migration (inflow of migrants who will say in the country for at least a year minus outflow of Australian citizens). The slowdown in population growth is almost entirely due to a reduction in overseas migration.
Over the 12 months to March 2011, 145,207 more babies were born than residents who passed away, and 167,148 new migrants moved to Australia.
Although both components have eased over the past 12 months, the level of natural increase has fallen by just -6.0% compared to a -24.0% decline in the rate of overseas migration.
Over the 12 months to March 2011, natural increase accounted for 46.5% of the total national population growth, its highest proportion since the 12 months to June 2005 (46.6%).
Looks like swanny may be upping those migrant numbers if he can get away with it.............
No problem with sending immigrants to the country. They should be made to stay there a lot longer than 2 years though, at least 10, preferably 20.
stinkbug omosessuale Frank Castle is a liar and a criminal. He will often deliberately take people out of context and use straw man arguments. Frank finally and unintentionally gives it up and admits he got where he is, primarily via dumb luck! See here Property will be 50-70% off by 2016.
by: Caroline Marcus From: The Sunday Mail (Qld) November 20, 2011 12:00AM
OVERALL migration from Australia has soared to a record high - with 88,000 leaving in the past year.
The stampede abroad represents a massive 90 per cent increase from the previous decade, figures from the Department of Immigration show.
Half the emigrants are Australian-born who have chosen to start new lives in Britain (15,119), New Zealand, (14,596), the US (8046) and Singapore (6952).
At the same time, the number of people emigrating to Australia has dropped by 9 per cent to 127,458 in the past year, making the ratio of departures to arrivals a record high.
The figures count all departing Australian residents who have ticked the box on their passenger cards indicating they plan to leave the country permanently or stay overseas for at least 12 months.
The figures count all departing Australian residents who have ticked the box on their passenger cards indicating they plan to leave the country permanently or stay overseas for at least 12 months.
This is a key point.
Earlier research by the ABS shows that the majority of those with an intention of permanently departing actually return to Australia within the year.
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