A migration Agreement which is no party … one side simply neglects the ‘good faith’ and ‘fair dealing’ bit …
In contract law, the implied covenant of ‘good faith’ and ‘fair dealing’ is a general presumption that parties to a contract will deal with each other honestly, fairly and in good faith so as to not destroy the right of the other party to receive the benefits of the contract.
However, the Commonwealth’s immigration portfolio, DIAC manifestly chose to ignore this fundamental principle when drafting its Labour Agreement framework for the ‘on-hire’ industry and continues to disregard the other party’s ...
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Think again if you believe its 7, fortunately for us its now closer to 11 …
You can’t ignore that a rational immigration strategy is an integral component of economic advancement and a developed population base. Like it or not, immigration is an essential ingredient of population growth, and the one lever the Commonwealth uses to moderate or accelerate overall migration numbers.
According to the Department of Parliamentary Services and the Immigration Department, since 1945, approximately 7 million permanent migrants have settled in Australia. In a population of just 22 million, nearly a quarter of Australians ...
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Did he really mean what he said? … “the best approach is to leave this matter to the labour market” …
For temporary skilled migrants, the most commonly used visa to sponsor workers is the 457 temporary business visa introduced by the Howard Government in 1996, designed to provide a circuit breaker for emerging skills shortages.
However, quite unjustly the 457 visa exponentially remains the whipping call of sectional interests in a highly politically-charged environment that is immigration, albeit 457 visa holders currently account for less than 1% of the total number of people employed in Australia.
Since the mid 1990s, the number ...
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A call by some which unequivocally is not the answer …
To the Commonwealth’s credit the immigration portfolio is currently on a path of progressively reforming the skilled migration program. However, nowhere is the greatest impact on skills shortages felt more acutely than in regional Australia.
It is imperative the State and Territory Government sponsorship compliments the objectives of the Commonwealth as a direct means of addressing skills shortages and promoting economic development in regional Australia.
In order to achieve a measurable impact, the message from business and industry is that State ...
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