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Since the worldwide recession, which began in 2008, there has been increased interest in Australia from the expat community. Indeed the Australian government has recently undertaken a review of the visa system with a view to reducing the number of skilled workers entering the country amid concerns that they may well be negatively impacting the [...]

People in Australia come from more than 200 countries, speak over 300 languages at home, belong to more than 100 different religious groups, and work in more than 1,000 different occupations, an analysis of the latest available Census figures shows. Despite many people’s image of the typical Australian being male, the average Australian is in [...]

The population of Australia is set to reach 23 million today and most of the increase is down to new arrivals, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ‘The 23rd millionth person could be a new born baby, but could equally be a person coming to work in Australia or a returning [...]

It is nearly impossible to list all of the actions required when looking to move to Australia to begin a new life in a new country. There may be property to sell in your former homeland, there may be financial assets to reorganise, there may be employment opportunities in your new homeland and even the [...]

Despite the fact that Woodside Petroleum has a share in a major gas field off the coast of North West Australia the company has shelved plans to create a new processing plant specifically for that project. The company had earlier confirmed plans for a AU$45 billion plant to export the gas although citing rising wages [...]