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250,000 migrants needed in Australia
In order to boost its economy and sustain future growth, the migration levels of Australia needs to be increased by about 30% per year according to independent modelling by the Migration Council of Australia (MCA).
The higher migration numbers would boost Australia’s economy by $1.6 trillion, says a new report from the MCA who warned that reducing the migration intake would have a profound impact on labour participation, productivity, the national skills base and income. Without a strong migration program Australia’s economy will suffer and it will not hit its projected population target of 38 million by 2050 - the projected population target of the government’s intergenerational report.
‘What we get in terms of gains is quite amazing for Australia, and something that we should be encouraging,” MCA's CEO Carla Wilshire told the ABC.
“Migration will be adding $1.6 trillion to Australia's GDP. So in a single year, about 40 per cent of GDP will be owing, in some form, to the migration program that we run,” says Ms Wilshire.
She states that a healthy migration program is critical to address the country's fiscal deficit and the ageing population. The MCA notes that migration by 2050 will increase the labour market participation by 15 per cent. This is going to have an impact on fiscal revenues for government, because migrants are generally younger, more skilled and have a higher employment participation rate. Thus they contribute more to the tax base and rely less government welfare services.
“In fact, there's less of a spend per migrant in terms of government services. And so when you combine those two factors (tax contribution vs reliance on welfare), their impact is to contribute more in some senses to the government's fiscal bottom line,” says Ms Wilshire.
The MCAs report warns that if the government does not increase the migration program, or even worse, stop the migration program all together, the consequences would be very significant.
“You would lose that gain in terms of the 15 per cent participation bump, you would lose in terms of employment. You would lose the injection of highly skilled individuals into the Australian economy.
“And this migration, it leads to about a 60 per cent increase in the population with a university education. Those are all really significant factors in terms of our economic wellbeing, which really relies on healthy high levels of migration to the country,” says Ms Wilshire.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2015hi this is
mr geremy loua from onradcg locaated in guinea conakry west africa.and appreciate
the decision of the australian government to migrant intake.because australia is regarded as free from racism.but please try to help refugees who are faced with well founde persecutions and death threats in their home countries such as liberia,sierraleone,mali and ivory coast. -
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Hi, this is a great read, but there is so much that the general public does not know. I was taken to Australia on a 457 (temp) visa 9 years ago. I was initially doing my own PR application, but the employer advised me to stop, and they'd go 457 route, then after 2 years do PR. The 457 would ensure I get in faster, as they required the skills. Then after 2 years, with the global financial crisis, there was no PR, just a 'please leave'. Talk about a turn-aroundd. Being 46 (prior to the cut-off of 49), I could not do PR alone. Got another 457 for 4 years, tried for PR when age ceiling lifted to 49, another rejection by Immigration, based on one digit wrong in application for the ANZSCO job code. Then employer applied for another 457, but did not indicate a desire to follow PR, so in 2014, after 8 years, we have returned to home country, and remain unemployed. Having contributed to a tax system with NO BENEFITS for Temp residents, the only way Aus then fuels their economy is by using migrants and their tax to boost their own population and their own coffers, without a hope for the migrant.
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Thursday, 12 March 2015
Unfortunately,i am compelled to believe the same Charmaine Langley.Australians are probably fuelling their economy by using migrant's money
Such a beautiful country but i hope it doesnt get tainted by disappointments .I feel they are showing us false dreams,misrepresenting the facts.i love australia,bt they r beginning to make me unhappy. -
Monday, 16 March 2015
i echo ur sentiments.i am too feeling the same that they are misrepresentating facts and fueling their economy through visa fees.i love Australia too n it saddens me tht im compelled to feel them to indulge in such practise.you knw according to Contract laws,misrepresentations of facts is considered to be an offence ,its illegal.
Australia,please stop.And now instead of just issuing new visa,try and take an account of the number of job seekers & PR holders have been given jobs in your country. -
Monday, 16 March 2015
I'd love someone (either the editor of this article, or Immigration), to actually respond.
I am thinking of writing a book about my sad journey in Australia, and enlightening the global population of the pitfalls of the 457-route, before anyone goes down this route. You'll end up with no money, so support from the taxes paid, and then get told to 'go home'! -
Monday, 16 March 2015
exactly,hw cum the editor,author of tis article has absolutely nothing to say about our responses.where is he ?
disappeared,just like the pomise makers. -
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
getting employer is impossible (my email asadmr@hotmail.com), I have been trying since two years but fail to get it, I am professional having 12+ strong technical experience in I.T , and ready for any kind of evaluation , interview. I am searching for job in Australia I have very rich experience in asp.net , Microsoft Sqlserver etc
Summary of my Qualification as followed.
1. Microsoft Certified Developer since 2003
2.Certified Oracle DBA. Since 2001
3.ITIL Certified Since 2006
4. Master Computer Science with CGPA 3.11
5. 13 + Financial Development experience (expert in oracle Developer , reports) , Sqlserver and Oracle DBA -
Thursday, 12 March 2015
An antricle that sounds too good to be true. I've been trying to persuade employers to hire me on a 457 while my profession (career advisor) is on the SOL. It's been made quite hard for them to get qualified as a sponsor. So I'm wondering where the statements of this article come from. Must be a way to boost someone's sales.....
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Monday, 16 March 2015
great article,sadly the editor has no feedback on the comments.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2015
There are many issues raised here that are quite specific to individual circumstances. Please refer to my blog post today about the direction of Australia’s immigration policies: http://migrationalliance.com.au/immigration-daily-news/entry/2015-03-a-well-thought-out-migration-plan.html. More importantly, seriously consider getting professional advice from a Registered Migration Agent. Follow this link to find an RMA: http://migrationalliance.com.au/find/rma/. It can potentially make the difference you are looking for.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Why the route 457 is wrong ..... Could you plz explain ?
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Friday, 20 March 2015
Hi it's not wrong, it's just risky as there is no guarantee that the employer will sponsor you PR after. That's what happened to me, even though I then went on to spend the net 6 years with a RMA, but I think he too was out of his depth. I had a verbal promise to have PR after 2 years, but then the verbal meant nothing. So make sure you have a clear indication of the road to PR once you settle for the 457, and know what could happen if the employer does not sponsor you for PR. You can do it yourself, with an RMA, if you fall within the right age bracket.
I get so annoyed when people so you should have gone with a registered RMA, when for 6 years that's what we did, but got nowhere, just money thrown to the system. -
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Hi,
Thinking of migrating to Australia, but now rather concerned after reading the comments - will have to look into this more closely.
Oh, could someone en lighting me on the cut off age; keep hearing different age.
Immigration blog
This appears very encouraging to read and motivating bt the fact remains different.Although the Australian government likes to project a welcoming statues for immigrants but the Australian firms shy away from hiring even permanent residency visa holders.
With a strong desire and willingness, an employee spends his saving for obtaining the PR visa.He qualifies with all the requirements/eligibility criteria and on satisfactorily complying to all terms laid down by the government,the Australian government grants the PR visa to the employee.When this PR visa holder,who also happens to hold a very important and senior role in an international firm,is denied a position in Australian firm on grounds on not residing currently in Australia,applying from ome country,not having local experience. Now this confises and frustates me.since the poor PR visa holder is only an employee and not a business owner,he cannot leave his current means of bread and butter/livelihood/everything in search of a job in Australia.How is the poor fellow going to feed himself.Should he b on street of the Australia and then go looking for a job.
Apart from just granting visas in exchange of the money,id request the Australian government to work with their home firms and explain this situation of the PR visa holder.Obtaining the PR visa should be proof enough as a strong genuine willingness to migrate,in addition the current experience/employment that the visa holder ,holds should be proof enough of his ability to add value to an Australian firm.
If the Australian firms do not work in sync with it government,then Australia shall be a country with 250,000 visa holders/migrants and 250,000 jobless people.I don't know how that's going to fuel the economy,unless the way to do that is by running the economy purely on the visa fee.
please know,i love Australia,i love the people of Australia.i have been to other nations like Singapore,hongkong,but australias have a warm heart.they aren't racist.its a blessed nation and I strongly dream of being an Australian n loving th nation and adding a lot of value wealth to the county.
If you are in any capacity to address this drawback of Australian firms,please do take it up and highlight it.i guess the officials are not aware of whats happening I the job market and their firs are turning down pr visa holders/international firm employees on unreasonable and unfair grounds.