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From early December last year to late January this year — less than two months — the government received a total of 559 budget-related submissions. Many think tanks may not have formally lodged a submission, but have put together carefully crafted reports with their recommendations.
Committee for Sydney One recently published report, titled:Priorities for the next Australian Government, lists as its first priority increasing skilled migration and addressing skills shortages by supporting international graduates to remain in Australia.
On how to boost skilled migration, the report recommends —
–Supplementing the skilled migration occupation list with salary benchmarks
The occupation list inadvertently limits the diversity of skilled migration, and suffers from the need for constant updates. Some skills may face long-term shortages in Australia, while many roles in advanced, innovative industries are simply too new and fast-changing to ever make it onto the government list.
The report therefore recommends that the primary threshold for employer-sponsored pathways to permanent residency should be a salary test.
– Creating simpler, more accessible permanent residency pathways for skilled researchers
Universities and similar institutions currently have a number of recruitment channels available, but the existing system forces them to spend significant time completing labour market testing and navigating other bureaucratic hurdles.
International students represent a ready-made pool to address skills shortages — policy should be better leveraged to retain them
– Building on the recent extension of the Subclass 485 work visa to three years for coursework master’s graduates, the report recommends that all international graduates who complete a bachelor’s degree or above should be eligible for a four-year work visa
– Graduates who maintain employment during this period should be provided with a clearer pathway to permanent residency
Over the past day or two, there has been a piece of news that Chinese international students — particularly those considering returning home — will want to know about.
Can’t get your online study degree recognised?Not true!
A notice issued on the evening of 24 March by the Chinese Service Centre for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) sent many students studying online into a panic. The notice read as follows:
During the pandemic, some overseas institutions offered the same course in multiple modes simultaneously — including face-to-face (and those switched to online delivery due to the pandemic) and remote delivery. We would like to remind students studying abroad that, in accordance with the Measures for the Certification and Assessment of Overseas Academic Qualifications by the Ministry of Education’s Study Abroad Service Centre,cross-border distance learning academic degrees and diplomas are currently not within the scope of our centre’s certification,and we ask all students studying abroad to pay close attention when choosing their mode of study.
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