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	<title>Australian Immigration News</title>
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	<description>What You Need to Know About Australian Immigration.</description>
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		<title>Foreign Labor &#8216;Critical&#8217; To Fill Shortages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Migration &#8216;critical&#8217; to fill 80,000 jobs in Western Australia
The booming West Australian resource industry will face project delays and cost blowouts as it tries to fill 80,000 construction jobs.

This number of workers is needed in the next three to five years to build $86 billion worth of mainly liquefied natural gas and iron ore projects.
That [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/living-in-australia/foreign-labor-critical-fill-shortages/</link>
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		<title>Universities Protest Cuts To Student Visas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Student visa cuts to cost jobs, say universities
Universities have called on Tony Abbott to scrap his plan to cut international student visa numbers.
They have warned that such a move could cripple the nation&#8217;s fourth largest export market and lead to massive job losses.

And business has condemned the Opposition Leader&#8217;s planned cuts to immigration levels, saying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/visas-residence/universities-protest-cuts-student-visas/</link>
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		<title>Business Reps Speak Out Against Immigration Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business opposes cuts to immigration policy 
Prominent business leaders have warned that policies to slow population growth will damage the economy.
They say that will allow governments to avoid tackling chronic infrastructure neglect in major cities and stoke inflationary wage pressures. 

As debate rages over the concept of a more sustainable Australia, chief executives and company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/living-in-australia/australia-business-reps-speak-immigration-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Temp Foreign Labor To Fill Mining Job Vacancies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Migrants must fill labour gap in mining
A shortage of 35,800 tradespeople expected in the resources sector by 2015 will probably be almost completely filled by migrant labour.
This is because miners and energy producers have to deal with the effects of not employing as many apprentices as would be expected in an industry its size.

In its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/visas-residence/temp-foreign-labor-fill-mining-job-vacancies/</link>
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		<title>Treasury Sec. Warns Against Pushing Foreigners To Interior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t push migrants out of cities: Henry
Forcing immigrants into regional areas to ease population congestion in big cities would be a bad policy step, Ken Henry has warned.
In a qualified nod to a Big Australia, the Treasury secretary yesterday told a Melbourne conference that high immigration was closely linked to strong economic growth, and because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/living-in-australia/treasury-sec-warns-pushing-foreigners-interior/</link>
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		<title>ANU Prof Urges Continued Skilled Migration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia needs more migrants: expert 
Australia needs to lift its intake of skilled migrants to continue  growing the economy, a leading demographer says.
Australian National University (ANU) Professor Peter McDonald says  immigration is a factor of labour demand and has a vital connection to  economic expansion.

&#8216;The discussion in Australia is that we can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/living-in-australia/anu-prof-urges-continued-skilled-migration/</link>
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		<title>Projections Show Population To Reach 40M By 2050</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Population on track for 40m 
Australia&#8217;s population is growing at its fastest rate in decades,  eclipsing that in nearly all other developed countries.
New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics have confirmed  Australia is on track for a population of around 40 million mark 2050.
The figures, issued yesterday, re-fired the political debate about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/living-in-australia/projections-show-population-reach-40m-2050/</link>
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		<title>U.N. Warns Climate Change Will Cause Migration Surge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More refugees to come unless rich nations help poor with climate  change: UN scientist
More refugees will knock on Australia&#8217;s door unless rich countries  help poorer nations cope with climate change, a key UN scientist has  warned.
Professor Martin Parry &#8211; a prominent UK scientist who chaired the  last United Nations Intergovernmental Panel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/living-in-australia/warns-climate-change-migration-surge/</link>
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		<title>Australian Computer Society Skills Assessments, New SOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Computer Society (ACS) issued the following statement:

Applicants who hold, or are about to hold, an assessment outcome letter with an ASCO code issued by the ACS prior to 1 July 2010, are advised to apply for a review of assessment outcome and follow application for review process that will be publicised on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australian-immigration-lawyer.com/visa/visas-residence/australian-computer-society-skills-assessments-sol/</link>
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