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in this week's edition the new skills in
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demand Visa arrives along with the new
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core skilled occupation list and a new
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National Innovation Visa lots to talk
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about so go grab a
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kapper hi I'm Kyle Conrad and welcome to
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Australian immigration news proudly
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brought to you by Australian immigration
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law Services the company I founded more
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than 26 years ago right here in the
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heart of Sydney as I said last week lots
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can happen in the world of Australian
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migration before Christmas so let's get
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going finally these schools in demand
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Visa has arrived with the legislation
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released yesterday as it turns out we're
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still stuck with the old for8 2 Visa
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with just a new name prior to the 7th of
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December the for8 2 Visa was called the
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temporary skills shortage visa and now
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it's called the skills and demand Visa
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the revised requirements of the 482 Visa
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is certainly not the easier to navigate
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working Visa we were promised by the
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government yes we were all expecting a
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faster userfriendly Visa subass but
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instead we received just a facelift
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model with a promise of a further
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facelift still to come when they finally
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figure out the essential skilled stream
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the same labor market testing
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requirements are there which we thought
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were going to be removed the same
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genuine position requirements the same
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Market salary rate requirements the same
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skilled Australia fund requirements and
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even now a new Financial capacity
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requirement has been added overall it
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remains an expensive and complicated
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visa for businesses to use to sponsor
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workers we need here in Australia
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however on the positive side for Visa
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holders in particular there are some
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great reforms more 482 Visa holders will
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have access to permanent residency than
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ever 4 let's cover the key standout
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changes that benefit Visa applicants
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before we go into the individual three
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streams that make up the Sid Visa
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firstly to be sponsored for permanent
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residency through the 186 Visa trt
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stream Visa applicants will be able to
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combine periods of employment with any
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employers while they held e482 Visa or
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the old 457 visa for the 3 years before
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the application was made this is a great
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change of having to be working for your
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sponsoring employer for 2 years before
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you could apply secondly the direct
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entry stream of the ens Visa opens up
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now to all occupations on the new CSO
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and we'll discuss the new csol later in
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this Edition that is a huge increase of
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possibilities to be sponsored for many
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more occupations than ever before
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thirdly is the reduction of work
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experience requirement from 2 years down
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to one year part-time and Casual work
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experience is accepted now to make up
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that one year but this must have
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occurred in the last 5 years before you
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apply this will make it easier for
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international students to use work
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experience possibly while they are
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studying all while on The Graduate 485
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visa after they complete their programs
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and finally if you have lodged your
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expensive 482 visa application but the
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business's nomination is refused you can
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apply for a refund fund of your
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application fees if you withdraw your
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application now the three streams which
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most of you will have heard about before
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the specialist skills stream this stream
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is for nominated occupations where a
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salary of more than
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135,000 is going to be paid to the Visa
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applicant the nominated occupation does
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not need to be on any specific
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government list but it does need to be
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in the ancro group levels at least Group
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1 2 4 five or six this is a much broader
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range of occupations than anticipated
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much to the Construction Industries
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annoyance and complaints anco
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occupations in groups 3 7 and 8 are not
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permitted to be used for this stream
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even if the incomes are well in excess
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of
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135,000 so we may have the unusual
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situation where a retail sales assistant
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anco 621 1111 which requires just a
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certificate one level education in
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Australia being paid
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135,000 and using the specialist skills
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stream and receiving Express Visa
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processing of just 7 Days however we
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cannot sponsor the much needed excavator
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operators ansco 721 214 even if they are
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offered more than
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135,000 since they are banned from this
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stream and also not on the CSO either in
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fact the inclusion of anco level 5 and
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occupations to these specialist Pathways
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seems a little curious considering the
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statements in the government's migration
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strategy announcements regarding this
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stream beforehand in these announcements
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the government said applicants would
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bring productivity enhancing knowledge
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and ideas create jobs for locals and
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generate significant fiscal returns
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through taxation they help meet labor
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needs that exist in an individual firm
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level and assist companies in acquiring
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specialist knowledge Niche Technologies
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or research expertise unavailable in
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Australia and skill sets not picked up
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in occupational definition now if
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someone in the department could let us
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know how a retail sales assistant could
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meet those criteria sprued in the
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strategy please let me know and that
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leads me to the second stream the core
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skilled occupation stream to use this
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stream your occupation must be one of
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the 4 56 occupations on the core skilled
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occupation list Visa applicants must be
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paid at least the level of the tism
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which is currently
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73,5 however Market salary rate
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calculations kick in which is often much
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more than the tsmma but below
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135,000 determining the MSR is a
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complicated exercise one which we
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thought we would have no need for
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anymore for this new so-called Sid visa
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and the last stream is the labor
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agreement stream if this sounds familiar
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because it's exactly the same as the
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temporary skills shortage 482 Visa labor
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agreement stream this is because the
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government has still to determine how
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the expected essential skills stream is
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going to work maybe we need an
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immigration Minister who is actually
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going to focus on immigration and assist
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in finalizing this stream even the
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English language requirement for the Sid
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is the same as the temporary shortage
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version and isot to equivalent test
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level of five overall with a minimum of
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five in each component now all of this
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new legislation is not retrospective
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which means that will apply only to
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visas lodged after the 7th of December
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nominations that have already been
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lodged but undecided will be processed
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according to the old rules in place
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before
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today finally the much anticipated new
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core skilled occupation list kn as the
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csol was released this week there is
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some confusion out there about the
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various lists remember at this stage the
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csol is for the new skills in demand
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visa and the employee nomination scheme
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visas only it is not the skilled
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occupation list for the points visas
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such as for the 189 190 and 491 visas
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too many people's relief 456 occupations
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appeared on the csol which was more than
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expected many were delighted by the new
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occupations such as child care workers
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but restaurant managers and others who
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had been removed suffered great stress
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stories came out thick and fast in the
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media once the new list of occupations
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sank in restaurants slammed the move to
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remove restaurant managers and not to
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include Frontline staff on the list this
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article in the Sydney Morning Herold
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reads Australians don't want to do the
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work top restaurants slam migration
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Crackdown the article highlights the
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owner of the upmarket Catalina
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Restaurant in the Posh Harborside suburb
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of Rose Bay in Sydney he says I just
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can't find Australians to do the work
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the idea that we can have too many
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foreign students and they will pair it
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back just doesn't add up we're crying
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out for skills other articles focused on
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the construction industry slamming the
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government for including yoga teachers
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on the list but not crane operators and
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other essential building workers the
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article reads a key Industry Group says
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they are dismayed after key construction
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workers were left of a revamped list
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detailing skilled migrants who can
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access visas saying the oversight will
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only inflame Australia's housing crisis
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and labor shortage many occupations have
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been added to the list for the first
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time and here are some examples on your
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screen in the agricultural sector we
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have irrigation designer and tree worker
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it occupations such as data analyst and
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penetration tester in health services
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such as respiratory scientist and
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respiratory technician business related
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such as retail manager and office
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manager and I can see those two
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occupations will be very popular and in
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the trades and Technical occupations we
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have fire protection plumber and furnit
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maker in the service Industries we have
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out of school care worker and tour guide
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in legal services we have convey and
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legal secretary and in the media we have
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radio journalist still no YouTube
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journalists as yet but maybe we'll be
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recognized one day for those occupations
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that have been removed well you will
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know by now by looking at the list if
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your occupation is no longer there
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fortunately chefs and Cooks remain to
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keep the hospitality industry from going
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bankrupt now if your occupation has been
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removed and a new nomination for the 482
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Visa has yet to be lodged before the
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changes you can no longer obtain another
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482
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Visa somewhat relieved that the student
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visa cap Saga seems to be over the South
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Australian Premier was out this week
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promoting the benefits of international
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students my personal view is this um you
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know in a state like South Australia
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we've got capacity to have a lot more
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International students and we want them
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um International students provide you
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know first and foremost huge sources of
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revenue for our high education sector
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which underpins R&D investment in our
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country we need more R&D if we want to
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see productivity improve not less and
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then secondly International students
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provide an important source of Labor um
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particularly amongst you know Industries
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such as the hospitality and the retail
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sector who are crying out for for
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workers so I I'm not too sure why we're
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doing this apart from the fact that
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we've got a housing Supply crisis but
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Jason cla's aspirations to be the Lord
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and Master of the education industry
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will no doubt lead his buddies in the
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immigration portfolio to conjure up some
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new scheme it looks as though he has an
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eye on a new ministerial direction as
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this article in the Australian indicates
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Direction 107 may be scrapped Jason CLA
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set to scrap controversial Direction
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after international student caps sunk
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however this head line is highly odd I
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thought it was the immigration
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Minister's role to set Visa processing
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priorities not the education ministers
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perhaps the Australian newspaper knows
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something that the rest of the public
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does not the article outlined some
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staggering statistics it reads since
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Direction 107 was introduced the number
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of offshore student visa applications
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lodged has fallen
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37% as prospective students look to
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other markets with greater chances of
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success applications from India have
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fallen by 43% between January and
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October compared to last year
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applications from Nepal dropped by 57%
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and those from the Philippines plunged
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67% however Visa applications from China
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have dipped by less than 2% with Chinese
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students typically favoring the group of
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eight universities with these sort of
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figures it begs a question is Direction
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107 about restricting International
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students or is it aimed at reducing
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specific ethnic origins of international
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students if I were our new mates PM I
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would feel uncomfortable reading these
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figures and finally tonight the new
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National Innovation Visa has arrived
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which is really the same facelift model
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as the 858 Global Talent Visa there is
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not a great deal of change here in the
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regulations except that you cannot apply
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Direct directly for this Visa anymore
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you must wait for an invitation now how
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you're going to get such an invitation
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is unclear and today on Friday when I'm
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filming it's the same Global Talent Visa
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information still on their website the
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only thing the explanatory statement
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said regarding this legislation was it
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requires that an applicant's
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internationally recognized record of
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exceptional and outstanding achievement
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to be the same as that stated in the
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invitation at the time of application so
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the national Innovation Visa is
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searching for exceptional individuals
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internationally recognized for their
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outstanding achievements and if this
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sounds like you then stay tuned for more
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details well there has certainly been a
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lot to analyze this week to get this
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video ready for you for the weekend and
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I hope you have found it useful the new
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requirements will open the doors for
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many and sadly close for some if you
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need help figuring out what to do then
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as always we are here you can book a
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Time online through our website but if
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you're in a hurry just pick up the phone
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as always take care out there and I'll
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see you next time so bye for now
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