Posts tagged "immigration"

The federal government has reportedly closed the Business Innovation and Investment Program to new applicants, shuttering a widely-used visa scheme as it attempts to rework Australia's migration system.

Small businesses sponsoring skilled migrant workers are being subjected to a secret "tax grab" by the Albanese government, the federal opposition says, claiming a levy designed to prop up skills and training programs is instead flowing into consolidated government funds.

Australia's immigration system is suffering from a decade of breathtaking neglect, and changes are coming to the country's skilled migration program.

Home Affairs is working to make the skilled visa application process easier for small businesses, according to a department representative.

Minimum income thresholds for skilled migrants will rise nearly $20,000 and all temporary skilled workers will be granted a pathway to permanent residency by the end of 2023, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said.

The sheer volume of legal and practical amendments facing Australia's business community suggests 2023 could be transformative.

The federal government says it will overhaul Australia's migration system to better meet the needs of tomorrow's economy.

With barely a fortnight until the Jobs and Skills Summit, immigration, innovation, and industrial relations have become major agenda items.

The latest jobs figures show Australia’s unemployment rate in June fell below 5% for the first time in a decade. So what does that tell us about the state of the economy?

Amid the labour shortage, Australia has an untapped talent pool of workers: refugees who have settled here and are urgently looking for work.

Labor's Clare O'Neil says innovation and technology are key to economic growth, and immigration will only strengthen the sector.

Faced with a difficult economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia needs to quickly reestablish immigration.