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Moving to Australia permanently is a massive step for most families. In order to create a new life and home for yourself and your family you need to start planning the move months beforehand as there is quiet a lot involved. We have put together a list of things that need to be in order…

 BBC Northern Ireland has recently approached The Immigration Agency for assistance with an engaging new documentary on emigration in the province. This new BBC NI observational documentary will explore the wave of emigration that has hit Northern Ireland since the recession. The producers are interested in speaking to people of all age groups who are…

If you’re living in Australia and earning money, you may have to pay tax to the Australian Government. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) collects tax for the government. Generally you must pay tax on your income you get from the following sources: working as a wage or salary earner, running or owning a business, receiving…

The Australian government announced the increase of national minimum wage from the July 1 2012 by 2.9 per cent benefiting 1.3 million working Australians. Fair Work Australia’s decision last month to increase minimum wages by 2.9 per cent means that nation’s lowest paid workers will see an increase of $17.10 per week to $606.40 per…

Amazon has taken its first steps towards providing locally based cloud services in Australia. It has opened its first ‘edge location’ in Sydney thus putting an end to what has been called the IT industry’s worst kept secret. Amazon is best known as an online retailer, but in recent years, it has also built an…

The Australian government has delighted environmentalists by announcing that it will create the world’s largest network of marine reserves. The area will cover 3.1 million square kilometres of ocean including the entire Coral Sea, and encompass a third of the island continent’s territorial waters. Once proclaimed under national environmental law, the conservation measure will increase…

A small number of new Irish migrants could be ruining the excellent reputation of Irish workers in Australia. A job ad on Gumtree looking for a bricklayer in Perth bore this out with a phrase that harked back to 1950’s UK, “No Irish need apply”. The builder who placed the ad said, “I’ve had lots…

Australian tennis greats were lining up yesterday to offer their verdicts on Australian tennis’s worst result at Wimbledon for 74 years. All four Australian men went crashing out, including former champion Lleyton Hewitt, while Bernard Tomic, who reached the quarter-finals last year as an 18-year-old qualifier, lost to Belgian wild card David Goffin. It was…

Australian employment surged by almost 40,000 in May, despite the forecasts of a 5,000 fall due to the global downturn. An unexpectedly 15,500 jobs were added in April following a 37,600 expansion in the previous month. The increase is caused by the rise in business investments paired with the increase in private sector activity. “It…

Archaeologists working at Nawarla Gabarmang, an ancient aboriginal site in the Northern territory have discovered rock art dated 28,000 years old. The image, which is one of thousands to be found in the rock shelter, is the oldest in Australia and among the oldest such drawings in the world. The cave, whose ceiling is replete…