Refugees finding more jobs than before A new report has found an increase in refugees finding jobs in Australia within the first six months. The report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies was released on Thursday. As many as 2,400 refugees were tracked across the country, excluding the ACT, in the study, revealing that…
Australian restaurant industry set to suffer shortages of up to 120,000 Australia’s largest job search company, Indeed, has warned that the Australian restaurant industry is ‘at risk’ after Peter Dutton’s 457 visa crackdown and may suffer a shortage of up to 120,000 people in the next 10 years. According to a Sydney Morning Herald report, there has…
Airport security tightened after foiled attack Just three months after police foiled a plan for a bomb attack on an Emirates flight from Sydney, the police have yet again tightened security at the airport after foiling another attack last week. This time, police say, Australia will also introduce random searches of workers entering and inside…
New scandal emerges in systematic abuse of foreign workers After the 7-Eleven migrant workers scandal of 2015, migration and law experts fear that Australia’s horticulture industry may be the next big industry to be enslaving foreign workers on temporary visas. According to an Australian Parliamentary Inquiry, this could become a bigger migrant slave scandal. The inquiry…
Call for investigating dodgy migration agents, AAT A notable number of government MPs are pushing for a 10-member migration committee to investigate the migration appeals process over concerns about the number of times the tribunal overturns government decisions to deport criminals who are in Australian on visas. The MPs said they were concerned about dodgy…
North Korean youth football team refused Australian entry over nuclear program The federal government has prevented a North Korean youth football team from coming to Australia to play in a tournament, saying allowing them would be contrary to its opposition to the rogue nation’s nuclear program. The fixture is now to be moved to a…
Indonesia wants open doors to Australia for its workers under free trade deal Indonesia wants Australia to whole-heartedly open its doors to more Indonesian workers, including nurses and cooks. It also wants Australia to remove tariffs on textiles as free trade negotiations between the two countries enter the final month. Negotiations between the two countries…
Visa requirement is seen as threat to Games The Australian government is adamant on its requirement for all athletes and officials to obtain visas to attend next year’s Commonwealth Games and people in the business are not happy, saying this might threaten the Games in the longer run. According to news sources, the government is…
Family violence against women on temporary visas on the rise: report More women on temporary partner visas across Australia may be experiencing family violence than what was perceived until now. A new and first of its kind study of family violence against temporary female residents in Australia suggests that at least 9,112 women on temporary…
Call for universities to give more scholarships to refugees Did you know that only 1 percent of the world’s 65 million refugees have a university degree? Alarming, isn’t it? This may change if a [much needed] recommendation by a Portuguese diplomat who spoke at the Australian International Higher Education Conference last week is substantiated. Portuguese…