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Liana Allan is probably Australia's best known migration agent. Liana is the owner of Legal Training Australia Pty Ltd which is a professional development firm training Australian migration agents and owner of Visacorp Pty Ltd migration agency. Liana's main passion is serving the needs of the migration agent community and providing migrants with information that can truly assist them as they seek to create a new life in Australia. Liana plays netball twice a week and enjoys great food and the occasional glass of Shiraz. Liana lives in Sydney, Australia and has two children. Liana is married.
Check out the discussion in the Senate yesterday regarding 'Strengthening the Character Test'
Warning....interesting, but legislation-heavy reading...
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Australia’s largest and most representative business network, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has renewed its call to accelerate action through the Skilling Australians Fund (SAF) to boost falling apprentice and trainee numbers, following the release of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) latest results today.
Apprentices and trainee commencements fell by 3.3 percent to 35,280 in the June quarter 2018, compared to the same quarter in 2017, according to the Apprentices and Trainees 2018 June quarter estimates.
I believe that the Greens have got it wrong in opposing the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents Bill) 2018 which would remove unnecessary restrictions on the migrant advisory profession.
The Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2018, which was debated in the Senate earlier this week, would implement changes recommended by the 2014 independent review, the 'Kendall Review', of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA).
The bill would bring into law recommendations of the OMARA review that lawyers who hold practising certificates are removed from the regulatory system that governs migration agents.
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This bill seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 to require the temporary transfer to Australia of transitory persons on Manus Island or Nauru, and their families, if they are assessed by two or more treating doctors as requiring medical treatment.
It also requires the temporary transfer of all children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment.
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) calls for end to medical crisis in offshore detention.
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Minister for Families and Social Services Paul Fletcher today announced the Employer-led Refugee Employment Project, which will provide training, coaching and work experience to prepare 100 working age migrants and refugees for paid positions within the Woolworths Group.
The Australian Government is providing $600,000 to fund the project, which will run over 18 months in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, and be operated by Community Corporate, a specialist in employment programs for migrants and refugees.
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