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Servcorp hosted a group of Migration Alliance members at their North Sydney offices for a networking evening on the 25th of July. Headed up by RMA, Svetlana Gunaratne, the evening was a lovely occasion and included food and drinks for migration agents.
Stand by for our next networking evening.
Director of Migration Statistics at the ABS Myles Burleigh said that the number of people moving interstate was the highest in 13 years, and the number of arrivals of overseas migrants was the highest on record.
"However, factoring in departures, in net terms overseas migration was 262,000, which is below the record high of 300,000 in 2008-09", Mr Burleigh said.
Of the 539,000 people who migrated to Australia in 2016-17, 315,000 arrived on a temporary visa, including just over 150,000 international students, just over 50,000 working holiday makers, and 32,000 workers on temporary skill visas.
The Labor Party have issues the following media release:
Australian startups face skills shortage because of Govt's job - Startup Talent Gap report shows skills shortage issues have plagued digital economy for years without recognition or action.
Skills shortage issues have plagued our digital economy for years without recognition or action by the Liberals, and last year’s sudden skilled migration changes sent shockwaves of uncertainty through the business, innovation, and education sectors.
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Former Justice of High Court of Australia Hon Ian Callinan AC QC will undertake review, required under section 4 of Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal was amalgamated with the former Social Security Appeals Tribunal, the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal in July 2015, following the commencement of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act,” the Attorney-General said.
Source: Review-of-AAT.pdf
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