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New Australian Working Holiday Visa Tax Scrapped

16:27 22/03/2016
Despite initially resisting calls to scrap the controversial 'backpacker tax' for those on the popular Australian working holiday visa for young people – as reported by Workpermit.com on 1 March 2016...

Australian 457 visa holders filling country's digital skills gaps

10:49 10/03/2016
Australia's migrant digital workforce has a ten times higher percentage of 457 visa holders, than the national average. The findings, which come from an AIMIA salary survey, show that 10% of...

Australian Working Holiday Visa Tax to Go Ahead

11:46 01/03/2016
The Australian government has resisted calls to scrap the so-called 'backpacker tax', which is set to come into force in July 2016. Despite strong opposition from Australian farmers and tourism...

Australian senator calls for 35m population through immigration

15:41 13/01/2014
Sam Dastyari, an Australian Labor Party senator from New South Wales, has written an article in Australian newspaper The Australian calling for a 'big Australia'. Mr Dastyari says 'I believe in a big...

Australian unions speak out about 457 visa 'abuse'

11:16 26/11/2013
An Australian trade union alleges that two multinational companies deliberately abused the 457 visa scheme to employ Hungarian construction workers in a Sydney suburb on pay which was about 40% of...

Australia: 457 visa holders to be charged for children's schooling

18:26 12/08/2013
The Western Australian territorial government has announced that it is to charge 457 visa holders a fee of AUS$4,000 per year for every child educated in government-funded schools. The government...

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