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Illegal worker blitz
20 January 2010
Immigration compliance officers will be out in force targeting illegal harvest trail workers in the Margaret River region this week. The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Senator Chris Evans said the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector had the highest incidence of illegal workers located in 2008-09 and attracted more than one quarter of the 597 illegal worker warning notices issued Australia-wide. More...

Report shows 457 program delivering skills in need
11 January 2010
The Rudd Government’s changes to the temporary skilled migration scheme are delivering the skills Australia needs with new figures showing almost a quarter of all primary subclass 457 visas granted in the first five months of 2009–10 were for workers in the health care and social assistance sectors. Registered nurses, general medical practitioners and medical practitioners in training top the list of occupations, along with computing professionals, for primary visas granted to temporary skilled overseas workers to November 30. More...

Temporary skilled migration halved
12 January 2010
Temporary skilled workers migrating to Australia have halved since this time a year ago, after more stringent workplace laws came into force. Immigration figures released yesterday show applications for category-457 visas plummeted 49 per cent in the five months to November, after the laws required employers to pay equal wages and lift conditions for foreign workers. More...

Eleven held as net closes on illegal workers
20 January 2010
Eleven Chinese nationals were detained by Immigration officials after raids in Adelaide’s northeastern suburbs targeting illegal construction workers. An Immigration spokesman said employers hiring illegal workers face fines of up to $13,200 and 2 years’ jail. Companies also face fines of up to $66,000 for each illegal worker if convicted. More...