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	<title>Australian Immigration News - The Best, Quickest Way</title>
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	<description>What You Need to Know About Australian Immigration.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8216;Visa Worker&#8217; Deaths Double In One Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visa worker deaths double in a year 
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 18, 2008

More migrants working on 457 visas have died since Labor won the federal election than in more than three years under the previous government, Immigration Department records show.

Despite assurances that the Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, was cleaning up the system, at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visa Decision Is Final &#8230; Unless It Gets Re-Opened</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;decision&#8221; means a final decision to grant, refuse to grant or cancel a visa. Such a decision by the department of immigration is made from the instant the decision is committed to paper or electronic record.
There is no power in the Migration Act to revisit or remake a decision, even if a mistake has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jurisdictional Error: Visa Decisions Tainted By Government Decision-Making</title>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/immigration-law-migration/jurisdictional-errors-in-decision-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jurisdictional error is a type of legal error.
As a general guide, jurisdictional error occurs where an immigration decision maker does not correctly exercise their powers and responsibilities.
However, the courts&#8217; view of what constitutes jurisdictional error is constantly evolving.

For example, they have found jurisdictional error where the decision maker:

Had no power to make the decision in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down Family Breaks Visa Barrier on Immigration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Perth midwife Tracey Robinson and her husband, Paul, have won a six-year battle against the Immigration Department to stay in Australia with their Down syndrome son.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans has foreshadowed reform of the visa process for families with disabled children after using his discretion this week to grant the Robinsons permanent residency.

Senator Evans conceded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imm. Minister Backs Foreign Worker Wage Recommedations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Moves to overhaul 457 visa scheme
Sydney Morning Herald, November 14, 2008
Australia should pay temporary skilled migrants market rates and name companies employing 20 or more such workers on a website, an independent review of the 457 visa scheme has said.
Yesterday the Federal Government released a report recommending 66 changes to the scheme, including calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to Pay Migrants Market Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/visas-residence/visas-call-pay-migrants-market-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses should pay temporary skilled migrants market rates, according to a Federal Government-sponsored review which has called for a major overhaul of the controversial 457 visa scheme.

The Government had appointed industrial relations expert Barbara Deegan to look into the scheme amid claims foreign workers were being exploited.
Ms Deegan has recommended the 457 minimum salary level [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncertainty Irks Would-be Migrants</title>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/migration-agents-cases/uncertainty-irks-wouldbe-migrants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Huang&#8217;s life has been in limbo for more than a year.
The Australian, November 10, 2008
The 28-year-old from southeastern China is one of about 5000 foreign students and skilled workers who borrowed thousands of dollars or sold property to become Australian residents.

Late last year, state and territory governments pulled out of a scheme that allowed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visa Reform Cuts Employer Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/visas-residence/visa-reform-cuts-employer-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Immigration and Citizenship believes companies will save money on hiring skilled migrants under new federal government laws now before parliament because they would allow organisations to apply only once to access a range of visa classes.

Under the framework of Labor&#8217;s Worker Protection Bill, companies could apply to be an approved sponsor, allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doubts Cast Upon Costs of Unskilled Labor Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/visas-residence/doubts-cast-costs-unskilled-labor-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doubts on cost of guest worker scheme
The Melbourne Herald Sun, November 12, 2008
Taxpayers will pay almost $10,000 for every unskilled Pacific islander brought to Australia under a new guest worker scheme.

Figures buried in the Federal Government&#8217;s latest economic update show the trial scheme to import 2500 rural workers will cost $23.6 million over four years.
The [...]]]></description>
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