Australian Immigration Daily News

Western Australia’s Goldfields region is set to receive an economic boost with the Morrison Government signing a Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

The Goldfields will be among one of the first regions in Australia to enter a five-year agreement with the Commonwealth aimed at ensuring skilled migrants contribute through employment in key roles where Australian workers are not available.

The new arrangements will assist a range of industries including mining, engineering, construction, childcare and health among others helping to drive economic growth and fill critical employment gaps.

South Australia will receive an economic boost with the Morrison Government agreeing to two Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMA) with the South Australian Government.

The Adelaide City Technology and Innovation Advancement Agreement and Regional South Australia DAMA arrangements will assist a range of industries including agriculture, forestry, hospitality, tourism, health and construction among others helping to fill critical employment gaps and drive economic growth.

Covering 60 occupations, up to 300 people per year will be able to be sponsored over the five-year agreement through the Adelaide City Technology and Innovation Advancement DAMA.

The instrument repeals and substitutes subparagraph (c)(i) of the definition of health workforce certificate in Section 4 of the Migration (LIN 19/048: Specification of Occupations- Subclass 482 Visa) Instrument 2019 (LIN 19/048).

The purpose of this amendment is to rectify a drafting error by substituting the correct ABN for the NSW Rural Doctors Network Ltd.

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According to a report just released, HR managers support the employment of skilled migrants to assist with skill shortages in Australia but see flaws in the new Temporary Short- Term Visa scheme (TSS) that replaced the 457 Visa scheme last year.

The report sets out the findings from a survey of members of the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) conducted late last year. Of the 383 respondents to the survey, more than eight out of 10 (84 per cent) believe a skilled migrant scheme is needed in Australia, three-quarters (75 per cent) report their organisation has benefited from employing skilled migrants, with 72 per cent reporting that skilled migrants have transferred their skills to other employees.

In addition, more than nine out of 10 (93 per cent) report that they make an attempt to fill skill vacancies in Australia first, and 73 per cent report that sponsoring foreign workers has not affected their capacity to recruit Australians.

On a monthly basis a set number of EOIs are selected from SkillSelect to receive an invitation to apply for State nomination. WA Migration Services will contact you via email with a link to the State nomination application form if you are invited. EOIs are selected based on the following ranking system.

1 Applicants eligible for the general stream by highest points score.

2 Applicants eligible for the graduate stream by;