Essential Plus Visitors Cover from Bupa

Whether your clients are working in Australia or on holiday here, we know that they have more enjoyable things to think about than how they’re going to pay for the cost of healthcare if they get sick or have an accident. The healthcare system in Australia is regarded to be amongst the best in the world, but the cost of treatment can be expensive.

Bupa are happy to announce the release of our new Essential Plus Visitors Cover, tailored specially for new migrant needs. This affordable option provides a medium level of cover for private hospital and medical expenses and visits to a doctor or specialist in private practice.  The package includes our popular Essential cover (Hospital and Medical), with a new extras component, so our members can start enjoying benefits on General Dental, Optical, Physio, Chiro and Natural Therapies.

A foreign worker facing deportation after government-agency raids on market gardens, meatworks and other farms in Western Australia now says that he has been offered a new identity and a fake passport by the job-agency, which had arranged his original visa, to return to Australia again.

Crime syndicates are already planning their next move by providing guarantees of a new identity and a job to the deported illegals for a return back to Western Australia.

Some 200 illegal workers are facing deportation after being detained in the unprecedented multi-agency raids on market gardens, meatworks and other farms in Western Australia on May 3.

The West Australian reports that it has interviewed one worker who revealed that he was unaware that he was working illegally in Australia. He claimed to have originally come to Australia after responding to a newspaper advertisement in Malaysia which promised Australian working visas. Instead of a work visa, he got a standard three-month tourist visa and he claims he had no idea he was living and working here illegally until the raids began.

He says that the same Kuala-Lumpur based job-agency that first arranged for him to travel to Perth is now providing a guarantee for his return, at a discounted rate.

This SIV event is now at capacity.  The event will run as follows:

5pm:  Guest Registration

5.30pm - 7.00pm Presentations

News reports are speculating that Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is on his way out of the immigration portfolio potentially paving the way for the now assistant Minister Michaelia Cash to take over the portfolio. Who would you like to see running the portfolio?

Expectations are growing for a post-Budget ministerial reshuffle with Prime Minister Tony Abbott considering a new niche for his favourite non-wimp Scott Morrison, according to a report by News Corp Australia.

Considered to have ‘successfully’ managed the political sensitive and critical portfolio since December 2009, Morrison has earned a reputation for talking and acting tough on the “stop the boats’’ issue which was critical to the Coalitions 2013 election victory.

“Having battled through one of the most difficult policy areas, he would be entitled to ask for another task. The ambitious Sydney MP’s next move could be to a larger portfolio, possibly defence where the current minister is West Australian David Johnston,” the report suggests.

The Prime Minister is an admirer of Mr Morrison’s hard line approach on matters and in late February hinted he considered him a man after his own style.

From 14th May 2014, an additional 500 working visas are expected to be made available under the sc462 work and holiday visa programme.

Young people aged 18 to 30 from Greece are expected to be eligible to apply for the sc462 visa from next week when Olga Kefalogianni, Greek Minister of Tourism, will be in Melbourne to sign the agreement.

To be eligible for the sc462 visa, applicants must show that they have the support of their government, hold or be studying for a tertiary qualification and speak functional English.

The visa will be valid for 12 months from the date of first entry with holders permitted to leave and re-enter Australia any number of times during this period. Work and Holiday visa holders are entitled to work for up to 6 months with each employer and may undertake up to 4 months of study or training.

Various reports indicate that during her stay in Melbourne, Mrs Kefalogianni will also meet representatives of the biggest tourist agencies, the Community Bureau and the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HACCI) Bureau and Australian politicians.