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latest news 10 June 2008

Foreign pilots jetting in

3 June 2008
Australian pilots have voiced grave concerns for their job security, following Jetstar's move to employ pilots under the controversial 457 visa scheme. Jetstar has announced 300 pilots are needed to subsist the company's future expansions. However, almost one third of those pilots could come from the United Kingdom, South Africa and the United States. Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) general manager Peter Somerville said Jetstar has chosen to ignore a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2004, which allowed Jetstar to use highly skilled Australian pilots in time of rapid growth. more...

Unions want equal conditions for foreign workers

2 June 2008
Australia's most powerful unions will use a review of the temporary skilled migration program to campaign for foreign workers to have access to collective agreements. They will also seek guarantees of market wages for workers on 457 visas and tough requirements for bosses to prove skilled jobs can't be filled locally. more...

Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification under regulation 1225(5) - Working Holiday Visa - definitions of seasonal work and regional Australia

26 May 2008
Legislative Instrument - F2008L01738 Number: IMMI 08/046 This instrument specifies the definitions of regional Australia and seasonal work to encourage people on Working Holiday Visas to live and work in regional Australia and support seasonal primary producers. This instrument also amends the existing definition of regional Australia to also include postcodes 4510, 4512 and 4516. Date Registered: 28/05/2008. more...