WA Premier resigns suddenly — but state nomination stays stable for the new financial year, with priority occupations possibly added! New state nomination quotas to be revealed within weeks!

This afternoon Western Australia’s Premier Mark McGowan suddenly announced his resignation — and not just from the role of Premier; he appears to be planning to end his political career altogether. The reason: he is exhausted and has given everything.

[Migration Weekly Issue 286] Subclass 189 surprise invitation data wrap-up! VIC Subclass 190: IT / Engineering / Accounting land PR at 85-90 points! More contributory parent migration places in the new financial year!

1. Subclass 189 surprise invitation round — but no real surprises? 2. VIC issues its third May round, with Accounting, Finance and IT among those invited 3. SA’s Subclass 190 quota is exhausted — applications close on 8 June! Tasmania still has ample quota at year-end 4. New-financial-year parent migration allocations announced — more for the contributory stream! 5. Weekly roundup: grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing progress

Gaokao & Study Abroad Together! A Complete Guide to High-School-to-Australian-Undergraduate Applications — You Can Start Preparing Now!

With the 2023 Gaokao just around the corner, it is once again that pivotal time of year when students choose the path for “their future”. As Gaokao competition grows ever fiercer, studying abroad has now become a direction many Gaokao candidates and high-school students are choosing.

University Lecturer: A Rising Migration Occupation — Teaching at an Overseas University Can Lead Straight to Australian PR! How Do You Migrate? How Do You Pass the Skills Assessment?

When you think of Australian migration occupations, do accounting, IT, engineering, nursing, early-childhood education and social work come to mind first — or perhaps Western cookery, motor mechanics and construction workers? There is one occupation that has often been overlooked, perhaps because it has no directly matching field of study, and perhaps because people in this line of work had no plans to migrate in the past.

WA May Round: 1,600 Invitations Issued — Accounting, IT and Engineering Need Just 60-65 Points!

Better late than never — Western Australia has released the full data for its May invitation round. Overall, this round invited more candidates from overseas and interstate, and most were Subclass 491 invitations. The general stream Sch2 that everyone watches most closely still only invited applicants already in the state, with the points threshold dropping slightly!