Category: Blog

  • Australian Market Strong As Dollar Hits 28-Year High

    There has been a 10.5 per cent increase in the value of the Australian dollar in the last two weeks putting almost on par when it was first floated in 1983. RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) chief currency strategist Greg Gibbs said both share and currency markets throughout the Asian region had been helped by…

  • Migration Seminar Slides – USIT

    Thinking of migrating? How do you know Australia is for you? Research previous visits Internet research – property, jobs, climate, education, lifestyle , research trip to Australia is a good idea – Are you eligible to apply for a visa? Do a Self assessment http://www.immi.gov.au/visawizard/ Department of Immigration – http://www.immi.gov.au – Obtain a comprehensive and…

  • Irish Economic Recovery

    There is a lot of doom and gloom in the media about Ireland’s economy so I was pleasantly surprised when I came across this article in Fortune Magazine.  It makes a good case for Ireland’s economy recovering sooner rather than later.  I am particularly pleased to see they talk about reverse migration when the economy recovers.…

  • Jobs Australia Easier To Get

    The Australian government has indicated it will take decisive action to help with the rebuilding of flood damaged areas.  It is set to establish a special Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) team to ensure the speedy turnaround for employer-sponsored temporary skilled migrants who join the rebuilding effort, a spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Chris Bowen…

  • Australia Day Celebrations

    Celebrations took place all around Australia on the 26th for Australia Day.  It is a day when citizenship ceremoes take place all over the country.  These children became new Australian citizens in Darwin.  Two-year-old Jombo Hakim, Oliver Lawes and Ferlin Espartinez, both three,  were among 80 people from Europe, North America, Africa and Asia being sworn in…

  • Departure Day

    Departure Day

    [et_pb_section fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” admin_label=”Section”][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title admin_label=”Fullwidth Post Title” title=”on” meta=”off” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”background” parallax_effect=”on” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”off” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” module_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0)” title_all_caps=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” title_font_size=”40″ /][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] RTE aired a documentary last night called ‘Departure Day’.   It followed a number of people who were in the process of emigrating…

  • Australia Visa Boost for Queensland

    As part of Queensland Governement Opportunities program Premier Anna Bligh has announced one of the largest natural gas deals in Australia’s history.  The latest deal for Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, Santos for the sale of natural gas to Korean comapny Kogas brings the total sales over the next 20 years up to…

  • Skilled Migration to Western Australia List Released

    Training and Workforce Development Minister Peter Collier launched the Skilling Western Australia plan, which includes the State Migration Plan for Western Australia. This is the list of occupations the state is willing to sponsor for immigration. You can view the full list here. Western Australia is in the middle of a resources and mining boom, and…

  • Immigration Australia Gets New Points Test

    Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has unveiled a new points system for skilled migrants visas.  Under the new test the number of points required to pass will be adjusted from 120 to 65. Overseas doctorates would be recognised with the same amount of points as Australian doctorates under the new test in contrast to the old…

  • Recycled Christmas Tree Lights Up Sydney

    Every year ‘The Rocks’ area of Sydney has featured a Christmas tree made rom recycled materials. In 2008 it was chairs, last year it was bottles, this year it was the turn of bicycles. It took eight weeks to make and stands seven meters tall. The aim is to draw attention to the growing amount…