18 OCT 2021 Mirage News.
Increase training and wages, not immigration




Electrical Trades Union
Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet should concentrate on increasing skills, wages and conditions in the electrical trades sector rather than importing cut price labour from overseas the Electrical Trades Union said today..

The NSW Premier last week opened the door to allowing an additional two million people into the country in the next five years, whilst the Morrison Government is currently negotiating a free trade deal with Britain which will make it easier for hundreds of thousands more Britons to take Australian jobs.   :(

This is despite the stagnant wages and working conditions indicating no competition amongst employers to attract staff.

“Dominic Perrottet and Scott Morrison are solving a problem which doesn’t exist,” said Michael Wright Assistant National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia.

“If the resource and sectors were suffering critical skills shortages, we would see rising wages and improving conditions. Instead, we’re fighting against insecure work and a race to the bottom with labour hire. Dumping thousands of temporary British migrants into our capital cities is only going to make these problems worse.



“And the answer to skills shortages is always more training for local apprentices, not bringing in vulnerable workers from overseas.

“We have also seen reports of worrying plans to abolish labour market testing which would allow major employers to import cheap labour to undercut their workforce without any statistical proof of a skills shortage.

“All Australians wage earners know they haven’t seen a pay rise in a decade, but meanwhile their mortgages, rents, and grocery and utility bills have all gone up. 

“This feels suspiciously like Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet doing the bidding of their mates in the big end of town by bringing in cheap labour to undercut hardworking Australians, it’s a total betrayal.

“This is big business gearing up to pump up their profits at the expense of their workforce under the guise of a COVID recovery plan.

“We urgently need

whiteknight wrote on Oct 19^th, 2021 at 12:35pm:

18 OCT 2021 Mirage News. Increase training and wages, not immigration Electrical Trades Union Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet should concentrate on increasing skills, wages and conditions in the electrical trades sector rather than importing cut price labour from overseas the Electrical Trades Union said today.. The NSW Premier last week opened the door to allowing an additional two million people into the country in the next five years, whilst the Morrison Government is currently negotiating a free trade deal with Britain which will make it easier for hundreds of thousands more Britons to take Australian jobs.   :( This is despite the stagnant wages and working conditions indicating no competition amongst employers to attract staff. “Dominic Perrottet and Scott Morrison are solving a problem which doesn’t exist,” said Michael Wright Assistant National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia. “If the resource and sectors were suffering critical skills shortages, we would see rising wages and improving conditions. Instead, we’re fighting against insecure work and a race to the bottom with labour hire. Dumping thousands of temporary British migrants into our capital cities is only going to make these problems worse. “And the answer to skills shortages is always more training for local apprentices, not bringing in vulnerable workers from overseas. “We have also seen reports of worrying plans to abolish labour market testing which would allow major employers to import cheap labour to undercut their workforce without any statistical proof of a skills shortage. “All Australians wage earners know they haven’t seen a pay rise in a decade, but meanwhile their mortgages, rents, and grocery and utility bills have all gone up.  “This feels suspiciously like Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet doing the bidding of their mates in the big end of town by bringing in cheap labour to undercut hardworking Australians, it’s a total betrayal. “This is big business gearing up to pump up their profits at the expense of their workforce under the guise of a COVID recovery plan. “We urgently need

Tottally agree but the dediction of the Liberals to suppressing wages is at the foundation of their so called political philosophy.

howard the coward always said

"The only way Australia can compete with third world manufacturing, is to pay third world wages"

He started the ball rolling with "work no choices"
And was gradually removing the unions.
The unions were decimated and are now toothless tigers and with importing cheap labor, they can knock down incomes even further.

howard the coward looks like his master plan is coming to fruition.
May he forever rot in the deepest depths of hell.

I did wonder how much the Four Little Beavers, the Chinese team, who put up my 7.7Kw solar system in two hours, were being paid.

The system cost Li'l Ol' Me (coughs - wait for it) $3K - and that was fully installed and certified.  Only found out from the power provider that we only had a builder's box and the meter needed to be replaced... no cost.  Done today - no charge, and now happily feeding in 5 KwH per hour while running the house during the day on the excess.

Point is - such a system and work etc could not be done without corners being cut somewhere.  I appreciate the low cost etc and the benefits... but when the Indian guy at the new servo asked me how much for the old Terr'uh'tree when I put some fuel in it.... he offered $500 - market price with all the work done is 7-8 times that... same thing on Gumtree will run you $7k from a dealer.

This is what happens when businesses are allowed to bring in cheap labour, from 3rd World countries where $500 is a fortune, and then pay them below the proper wage rates HERE!

You have to ask, every time, how much they are actually being paid per hour worked and under what conditions.

We don't need more immigration for skills - we need upgrading of local skills again.

Make Australia Great Again!

ADDS:-  And meanwhile, our Young Men, once the mainstay of the nation and economy and now massively excluded from the 'soft' industries - banking, nursing, public service, policing, military, and so forth - and even genuine fair education opportunities to enter professions - to favour femmes - are killing themselves, going gangster, or doing drugs unto eternity.....

All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others, YES?

They are your sons and grand-sons..... you there yet?

This simply says it all.

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Training is run down and will not be increased.

Skilled migrants are essential and are fresh blood in the lazy land of “It’ll be orright, mate!” lotus eating.

Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 20^th, 2021 at 9:18am:

Training is run down and will not be increased. Skilled migrants are essential and are fresh blood in the lazy land of “It’ll be orright, mate!” lotus eating.

Tell 'im e's dreamin' .....

Valkie wrote on Oct 19^th, 2021 at 2:56pm:

howard the coward always said "The only way Australia can compete with third world manufacturing, is to pay third world wages" He started the ball rolling with "work no choices" And was gradually removing the unions. The unions were decimated and are now toothless tigers and with importing cheap labor, they can knock down incomes even further. howard the coward looks like his master plan is coming to fruition. May he forever rot in the deepest depths of hell.

Up to a point, Lord Copper, up to a point. 
It started with Hawke and Keating and it was a good thing, opening up the economy. 20-25 million Australians do not need to manufacture EVERYTHING from shoes, shirts, matches and tea towels to toasters and flower pots.

The problem was not beating back the unions of low or no-skill manufacturing. The problem, in my view, is the lip service paid to the 'Clever Country' wheeze by both sides and never doing anything practical and purposeful about it. Both sides were actually captured by the ratbags who run universities and the academic unions and for 15 + years it was all about 'university education' and 'internationalisation of the curriculum'. Which means hundreds of thousands of young people going to uni, learning nothing useful, having a huge debt and then working in a coffee shop.
Only about 1 or 2 % of business ever think of turning to a university for a solution to their business problems. Yet everyone was channelled into useless unis.

It is all about credentialism, not skills. An employer will hire you not because of what you leant at uni but for your sheer grit of sticking it for 3-4 years. The Boss will teach you all you need to know about the business and will not have ANY use of what you learned at uni.

The union is no use to a graduate or a skilled worker, it's something for the cleaners and the NESBs and the other assorted unskilled 'no speaka da' workers who have nothing but their collective.

TAFE was left in the hands of deeply parochial state ministers. So now we have no REAL skilled workforce in high-value fields, no teachers who can teach high value skills. And the lazy answer is to import whatever we need. High level of immigration is a repudiation of the 'clever country' idea. It's the 'let's go shopping' country model, just BUY people in.

I like nothing more than dealing with an articulate, switched on, high-skilled tradie whose horizons extend beyond footie. There aren't enough of them.  Valorising useless uni degrees over useful technical and high-value practical skills was the big mistake.

Frank wrote on Oct 20^th, 2021 at 4:42pm:

Valkie wrote on Oct 19th, 2021 at 2:56pm: howard the coward always said "The only way Australia can compete with third world manufacturing, is to pay third world wages" He started the ball rolling with "work no choices" And was gradually removing the unions. The unions were decimated and are now toothless tigers and with importing cheap labor, they can knock down incomes even further. howard the coward looks like his master plan is coming to fruition. May he forever rot in the deepest depths of hell. Up to a point, Lord Copper, up to a point.  It started with Hawke and Keating and it was a good thing, opening up the economy. 20-25 million Australians do not need to manufacture EVERYTHING from shoes, shirts, matches and tea towels to toasters and flower pots. The problem was not beating back the unions of low or no-skill manufacturing. The problem, in my view, is the lip service paid to the 'Clever Country' wheeze by both sides and never doing anything practical and purposeful about it. Both sides were actually captured by the ratbags who run universities and the academic unions and for 15 + years it was all about 'university education' and 'internationalisation of the curriculum'. Which means hundreds of thousands of young people going to uni, learning nothing useful, having a huge debt and then working in a coffee shop. Only about 1 or 2 % of business ever think of turning to a university for a solution to their business problems. Yet everyone was channelled into useless unis. It is all about credentialism, not skills. An employer will hire you not because of what you leant at uni but for your sheer grit of sticking it for 3-4 years. The Boss will teach you all you need to know about the business and will not have ANY use of what you learned at uni. The union is no use to a graduate or a skilled worker, it's something for the cleaners and the NESBs and the other assorted unskilled 'no speaka da' workers who have nothing but their collective. TAFE was left in the hands of deeply parochial state ministers. So now we have no REAL skilled workforce in high-value fields, no teachers who can teach high value skills. And the lazy answer is to import whatever we need. High level of immigration is a repudiation of the 'clever country' idea. It's the 'let's go shopping' country model, just BUY people in. I like nothing more than dealing with an articulate, switched on, high-skilled tradie whose horizons extend beyond footie. There aren't enough of them.  Valorising useless uni degrees over useful technical and high-value practical skills was the big mistake.

I would agree with that.

Migration ‘benefits’ not backed up by facts

Productivity in the high migration decade ending 2019 was extremely sluggish. Moreover, the evidence is clear that many skilled migrants are not particularly skilled and do not hold skilled jobs.

One of the angles pushed by big Australia advocates is that migrants provide a fiscal dividend by generating more in tax revenue than they cost (think here education, health and aged care, transfer payments). According to Treasury modelling, skilled primary migrants have a positive lifetime fiscal impact of $319,000 per migrant. (Bear in mind here that only the costs incurred by the federal government are included. The costs borne by the states, including of additional infrastructure, are not counted.)

The problem here is that all the other migrant groups, including skilled secondary (who have a right to accompany skilled primary migrants), have negative fiscal lifetime impacts. Family migrants, who remain a substantial part of the permanent migrant intake, generate a lifetime fiscal impact of negative $137,000 per migrant.

Of course, it is simply not possible to attract skilled migrants without allowing them to be accompanied by their spouse/partner. Many also seek to bring in other family members, including elderly parents (often on temporary visas).

It is also interesting to ponder whether the observed large positive lifetime fiscal impact of skilled primary migrants is skewed by a few highly paid occupations, particularly doctors. It is well known that our health system continues to rely on the steady inflow of foreign-trained doctors.

It seems passing strange when so many of our young folk aspire to be doctors but are rejected because of the limited number of university places, but we regard bringing in doctors from overseas (who would be highly valued in their own countries) as acceptable. The solution is obvious: train more of our own.

When it comes to the immigration debate, I say: bring it on. But watch out for the motives of those pressing for Big Australia, in particular. What is portrayed as being in the national interest is often just a thin disguise for the pursuit of self-interest.
Judith Sloan

Yeah, well - we all know from 'studies' that companies that employ more women/ethnics/immigrants/gays etc increase their profitability..... sure they do...  **shakes head in disbelief**

Frank wrote on Jan 11^th, 2022 at 9:22am:

Migration ‘benefits’ not backed up by facts Productivity in the high migration decade ending 2019 was extremely sluggish. Moreover, the evidence is clear that many skilled migrants are not particularly skilled and do not hold skilled jobs. One of the angles pushed by big Australia advocates is that migrants provide a fiscal dividend by generating more in tax revenue than they cost (think here education, health and aged care, transfer payments). According to Treasury modelling, skilled primary migrants have a positive lifetime fiscal impact of $319,000 per migrant. (Bear in mind here that only the costs incurred by the federal government are included. The costs borne by the states, including of additional infrastructure, are not counted.) The problem here is that all the other migrant groups, including skilled secondary (who have a right to accompany skilled primary migrants), have negative fiscal lifetime impacts. Family migrants, who remain a substantial part of the permanent migrant intake, generate a lifetime fiscal impact of negative $137,000 per migrant. Of course, it is simply not possible to attract skilled migrants without allowing them to be accompanied by their spouse/partner. Many also seek to bring in other family members, including elderly parents (often on temporary visas). It is also interesting to ponder whether the observed large positive lifetime fiscal impact of skilled primary migrants is skewed by a few highly paid occupations, particularly doctors. It is well known that our health system continues to rely on the steady inflow of foreign-trained doctors. It seems passing strange when so many of our young folk aspire to be doctors but are rejected because of the limited number of university places, but we regard bringing in doctors from overseas (who would be highly valued in their own countries) as acceptable. The solution is obvious: train more of our own. When it comes to the immigration debate, I say: bring it on. But watch out for the motives of those pressing for Big Australia, in particular. What is portrayed as being in the national interest is often just a thin disguise for the pursuit of self-interest. Judith Sloan

Been saying just that for years...... of course, the universities gain a cash bonus from accepting foreign students - they pay full fee... and we all know it's all about money and not education...

By the by - some foreign doctors are excellent - many are 'rote learners' without 'feel' for the profession, and some leave you breathless wondering YTF they are there at all, they know so very little in reality or are slaves to set processes instead of genuine medical investigation *- but their family has money.

Choose your doctor carefully - I prefer to run an hour and a half for my GP - a Sri Lankan lady proven to be outstanding.

*...more than one will persist in sending patients for stress test after stress test when the patient has already proven to fail those and has shown clear signs of cardiac distress - sending that patient for a stress test could produce the heart attack - prevention is better than cure, and repeating the same failed process over and over until the worst happens kills patients.... rote doctors as opposed to a genuine feel for the calling .....   :o

Immigration should be focused on skills when possible, and on the Pacific region when not, as those countries actually need our help unlike those countries that have natural resources. Where immigration is refugee driven, we have the moral right to intervene in those countries.

First and foremost.
Where possible, Australians should be given the necessary training to undertake skilled jobs.
The chronic unemployed should be encouraged or forced into finding work, training provided to assist them into more skilled labour.
Should they be incapable, for whatever reason, they should be required into conscription for a minimum period to teach them self respect, respect for others and becoming a part of society.

All trades should be free training, initially, with a fair contribution scheme after completion. The current system is overpriced.

Professions should also be free or subsidised, however a fair contribution after completion woukd be required.

If, there are still vacancies, only skilled and fully qualified forieghn workers should be allowed,  under strict visa conditions, and knowing that it is only for that visa period.

Any migrants, irrespective of status ( refugee or legal applicants) must have something to off to Australia.
Skills or a willingness to learn and contribute.
No dole, pension or any other form of assistance will be allowed until 10 years of taxable work has been completed.
Any additional family members are under the same strict rules. No work, no money.

Commitment of any crime is punishable by immediate deportation.
Lake of passport or refusal to provide sufficient information to identify them will result in instant deportation.

Above all.
Australians first, always.
No work, no money.
Dole bludgers will not be tolerated,.
Criminals have no rights.

Valkie wrote on Jan 11^th, 2022 at 12:47pm:

First and foremost. Where possible, Australians should be given the necessary training to undertake skilled jobs. The chronic unemployed should be encouraged or forced into finding work, training provided to assist them into more skilled labour. Should they be incapable, for whatever reason, they should be required into conscription for a minimum period to teach them self respect, respect for others and becoming a part of society. All trades should be free training, initially, with a fair contribution scheme after completion. The current system is overpriced. Professions should also be free or subsidised, however a fair contribution after completion woukd be required. If, there are still vacancies, only skilled and fully qualified forieghn workers should be allowed,  under strict visa conditions, and knowing that it is only for that visa period. Any migrants, irrespective of status ( refugee or legal applicants) must have something to off to Australia. Skills or a willingness to learn and contribute. No dole, pension or any other form of assistance will be allowed until 10 years of taxable work has been completed. Any additional family members are under the same strict rules. No work, no money. Commitment of any crime is punishable by immediate deportation. Lake of passport or refusal to provide sufficient information to identify them will result in instant deportation. Above all. Australians first, always. No work, no money. Dole bludgers will not be tolerated,. Criminals have no rights.

Right on the money.

whiteknight wrote on Oct 19^th, 2021 at 12:35pm:

18 OCT 2021 Mirage News. Increase training and wages, not immigration Electrical Trades Union Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet should concentrate on increasing skills, wages and conditions in the electrical trades sector rather than importing cut price labour from overseas the Electrical Trades Union said today.. The NSW Premier last week opened the door to allowing an additional two million people into the country in the next five years, whilst the Morrison Government is currently negotiating a free trade deal with Britain which will make it easier for hundreds of thousands more Britons to take Australian jobs.   :( This is despite the stagnant wages and working conditions indicating no competition amongst employers to attract staff. “Dominic Perrottet and Scott Morrison are solving a problem which doesn’t exist,” said Michael Wright Assistant National Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia. “If the resource and sectors were suffering critical skills shortages, we would see rising wages and improving conditions. Instead, we’re fighting against insecure work and a race to the bottom with labour hire. Dumping thousands of temporary British migrants into our capital cities is only going to make these problems worse. “And the answer to skills shortages is always more training for local apprentices, not bringing in vulnerable workers from overseas. “We have also seen reports of worrying plans to abolish labour market testing which would allow major employers to import cheap labour to undercut their workforce without any statistical proof of a skills shortage. “All Australians wage earners know they haven’t seen a pay rise in a decade, but meanwhile their mortgages, rents, and grocery and utility bills have all gone up.  “This feels suspiciously like Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet doing the bidding of their mates in the big end of town by bringing in cheap labour to undercut hardworking Australians, it’s a total betrayal. “This is big business gearing up to pump up their profits at the expense of their workforce under the guise of a COVID recovery plan. “We urgently need

The Poms will be like Filipinos and Pacific Islanders after Brexit, off to the big smoke to work and send cash back to the village.

Pommy guest workers will become the Poles of Australia. We'll have to have our own little Brexit to get rid of them all.

Tuesday, 18 January 202   Media release
December-January sees strong demand for temporary migrant visas; further flexibility for temporary migrants
The Morrison Government welcomes the return to Australia of a range of temporary workers to support our pandemic recovery in critical roles.

International Student Arrival Numbers
I am pleased to welcome the arrival in Australia of more than 43,000 International Students since the Government announced that fully vaccinated eligible visa holders can enter Australia, including Skilled and Student cohorts, as well as Humanitarian, Working Holiday Maker and certain family visa holders.

There are currently more than 150,000 International Student visa holders overseas who have been supported to continue their Australian studies, and the reopening of our borders to them sends a clear signal that Australia remains a top study destination.

Skilled Workers and Working Holiday Maker Arrival Numbers
Additionally, more than 8,000 Skilled workers have arrived in Australia, and 22,000 Working Holiday Maker visas have been granted since November 2021. Demand for Working Holiday visas has been particularly strong.

Australia has also welcomed around 60,000 family members of Australians visiting since the Government’s announced changes in November 2021.

Skilled Regional Provisional Visa Flexibility
The Government will extend by 3 years Skilled Regional Provisional (subclass 489, 491 and 494) visas where the visa holder was impacted by COVID-19 international travel restrictions. This will assist around 10,000 skilled regional workers.

This will provide sufficient additional time for all current and former Skilled Regional Provisional visa holders to make travel arrangements to start or resume living and working in regional Australia.

Temporary Graduate Visa Flexibility
The Government will make changes to allow entry of current and former Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa holders from 18 February 2022, to allow them to re-enter Australia and apply for a further stay.

Visas will be extended for graduates who were outside of Australia at any time between 1 February 2020 and 14 December 2021, while they held a valid Temporary Graduate visa.

The extension will take effect on 18 February 2022 and visa holders will be notified directly by the Department of Home Affairs of the extension of their visa and may arrive after this occurs, from 18 February onwards.

These changes support the return to Australia of temporary graduates as soon as possible, ahead of further planned changes on 1 July 2022 that will provide a further visa extension option to former graduates.
https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/AlexHawke/Pages/further-flexibility-for-temporary-migrants.aspx

Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 20^th, 2021 at 9:18am:

Training is run down and will not be increased. Skilled migrants are essential and are fresh blood in the lazy land of “It’ll be orright, mate!” lotus eating.

Rubbish .... & they're in the main not bringing in "skilled" migrants.

The definition of skilled is very loose for employer groups.

At any rate any migrant skilled worker should have to be tested on their skills prior to being employed as such.

You just can't turn up here and say you're a doctor or even an "electrician".

And the TAFE & Apprenticeship schemes can be fixed.

Some money needs to re-directed from those who won't get off their arses & work.

Gnads wrote on Jan 19^th, 2022 at 8:48am:

Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 20th, 2021 at 9:18am: Training is run down and will not be increased. Skilled migrants are essential and are fresh blood in the lazy land of “It’ll be orright, mate!” lotus eating. Rubbish .... & they're in the main not bringing in "skilled" migrants. The definition of skilled is very loose for employer groups. At any rate any migrant skilled worker should have to be tested on their skills prior to being employed as such. You just can't turn up here and say you're a doctor or even an "electrician". And the TAFE & Apprenticeship schemes can be fixed. Some money needs to re-directed from those who won't get off their arses & work.

This is the skilled occupation list for migrants. It covers practically every job except public servant.
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list#

Gnads wrote on Jan 19^th, 2022 at 8:48am:

The definition of skilled is very loose for employer groups.

that needs to be reworked. We don't need to bring in hairdressers or cooks to work at 'Noodle box', those are relatively easy skills to learn. But some of the more technical and difficult skills we certainly need to bring in.

John Smith wrote on Jan 19^th, 2022 at 9:30am:

Gnads wrote on Jan 19th, 2022 at 8:48am: The definition of skilled is very loose for employer groups. that needs to be reworked. We don't need to bring in hairdressers or cooks to work at 'Noodle box', those are relatively easy skills to learn. But some of the more technical and difficult skills we certainly need to bring in.

Skill and qualification assessments must be much more stringent.

Even Australian qualifications are not sufficient for employability for a lot of so called skilled migrants who had a student visa before.

For example, graduating from an Australian university with a bachelor of Nursing degree is not sufficient evidence for English language competency to be registered by the Nurses Registration Board.
The English language (and social competency) of graduates with massive overseas student cohorts like business, accounting, finance, nursing (sometimes 80% plus of enrolments) is almost guaranteed to be insufficient for professional skilled employment.

This has been the case for well over a decade now.

https://youtu.be/LDOXDX3KlKk

Frank wrote on Jan 19^th, 2022 at 6:14pm:

John Smith wrote on Jan 19th, 2022 at 9:30am: Gnads wrote on Jan 19th, 2022 at 8:48am: The definition of skilled is very loose for employer groups. that needs to be reworked. We don't need to bring in hairdressers or cooks to work at 'Noodle box', those are relatively easy skills to learn. But some of the more technical and difficult skills we certainly need to bring in. Skill and qualification assessments must be much more stringent. Even Australian qualifications are not sufficient for employability for a lot of so called skilled migrants who had a student visa before. For example, graduating from an Australian university with a bachelor of Nursing degree is not sufficient evidence for English language competency to be registered by the Nurses Registration Board. The English language (and social competency) of graduates with massive overseas student cohorts like business, accounting, finance, nursing (sometimes 80% plus of enrolments) is almost guaranteed to be insufficient for professional skilled employment. This has been the case for well over a decade now.

Late Addition:-  WELL!  Chopping off the borderline intrusions has certainly lowered unemployment here - clearly showing that we have no need for further people coming here to 'make up for shortages' - another lie we've been fed for years. We need pilots?  Nurses? Hydraulic Engineers to show us how to wreck the Murray-Darling?  Farmers?  Our good ones are all overseas making more money in the Turdholistani nations where the petrol dollars flow free... my cousin made a fortune nursing in Saudi Arabia.... and kept her head while doing it....

You oughta see what gets into Med school on the full fee payment pass.... people with zero idea ....

Universities (etc) must revert to being houses of learning, not sausage processing machines for the half-good with money or patience to wade through years... I was amazed to hear from the audiologist that his course was five years... what do they do for four - play tiddley-winks?


Audiology 407(a) - today's classes ..... the effect of hearing on social interaction at parties ....... international convention rules on the rights of the auditorily disadvantaged in Kathmandu ....  the impact of a loud noise on hearing...... the possible effect of gunfire, mortar and artillery explosions and aerial rocket explosions on the hearing of Veterans- is this for real? ....if you have an auditory disability, inform your lecturer so she can shout..... those who are legally blind should read section (b) before proceeding....

The higher education sector is pushing Labor to ­lure thousands more Indian students with cheaper visas and ­easier working arrangements

As universities try to diversify their foreign student intake and wean themselves off a decade-long overreliance on the Chinese market, the number of Indian students granted a visa almost doubled between June and July, from just over 3000 to close to 6000 as visa backlogs were worked through by the Home Affairs ­Department following a boost to staff under Labor.

...

Australia already charges more than most competitor countries for a range of student visa classes,” he said. “Quite a number of students come on initial student visas to do diplomas or English-language courses and then have to pay extra to extend.

“In the visa policy mix, it is crucial that Australia’s visa charge remains competitive.”

A standard student visa costs $650, while a visa that includes post-study working rights costs $1650.

Mr Honeywood said Indian students needed clarity around migration pathways, which would incentivise them to study in Australia.

“Where we have skills in demand, we must make sure these students can be shown a nexus between the course they’re hoping to study and Australian citizenship,” he said.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/smooth-passage-from-india-higher-education-sector/news-story/f7b23c4ae515f359d88253d655878748


India - get it inda'ya.

Oops - there it is - the issue I just raised in another strand... great minds...

Frank wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2022 at 9:15am:

The higher education sector is pushing Labor to ­lure thousands more Indian students with cheaper visas and ­easier working arrangements

Will we also be getting "Tomato Flu" as part of the deal?


Quote:

A mysterious “tomato flu” has been detected in India and now there are fears it is “likely” to spread to Australia. The rare viral infection was first detected in Kerala, India on May 6 and has so far infected more than 80 children under the age of five.

I must admit I didn't have that one on my 2022 Pandemic bingo card.