Rob Breumelhof
Active Member
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De lijst van beroepen die in aanmerking komen voor nominatie door Queensland en de criteria die hiervoor worden gehanteerd hebben geleid tot beperkte mogelijkheden voor potentiele immigranten.
De (Liberal) Treasurer van Queensland heeft op 11 september een Budget Speech gegeven waarin wordt afgerekend met dit restrictieve beleid van de voorgaande Labor Government.
Dit zal op korte termijn gaan resulteren in meer visumkansen voor Queensland.
Een gedeelte van de de Budget Speech vinden jullie hieronder.
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Rob Breumelhof
Skills for Economic Development
The Newman Government is committed to developing a robust and resilient economy and to do this we need a skilled workforce to remain competitive both domestically and internationally.
I am pleased to announce that Trade and Investment Queensland, in consultation with the Department of Education, Training and Employment, will be undertaking an immediate comprehensive competitive analysis of the Queensland Government’s criteria for both state-sponsored skilled migration visas and business migration visas.
Under Labor, Queensland has fallen behind other Australian states and today has some of the most onerous criteria for state-sponsored visas. These onerous criteria are restricting Queensland businesses from hiring employees with critical skills. They also act as a handbrake on the flow of capital and investment in to our state. This is happening at a time when the current shortage of skills is driving wages to unsustainable levels, especially in the resource industry. This issue must be addressed if Queensland is to remain a competitive place to do business.
As an example a mining or petroleum engineer seeking a state-sponsored permanent settlement visa in Queensland, currently requires 7 years work experience. In Western Australia, the Government will sponsor a petroleum or mining engineer if they have a job offer with a term greater than 12 months. The same example can be found in other critical occupations, such as surveyors, mechanical engineers, and geotechnical engineers.
The former Government’s abject failure on state sponsored skilled migration visas is evident by the statistics. In 2011-12 Queensland sponsored only 212 visas whilst 22,247 state sponsored places were filled nationally. Queensland’s share was less than 1% of the national total and its allocation from the Commonwealth Government was undersubscribed by 93%.
The Newman Government will ensure our visa allocation is not wasted, but used to increase the skilled workforce available for Queensland business.
De lijst van beroepen die in aanmerking komen voor nominatie door Queensland en de criteria die hiervoor worden gehanteerd hebben geleid tot beperkte mogelijkheden voor potentiele immigranten.
De (Liberal) Treasurer van Queensland heeft op 11 september een Budget Speech gegeven waarin wordt afgerekend met dit restrictieve beleid van de voorgaande Labor Government.
Dit zal op korte termijn gaan resulteren in meer visumkansen voor Queensland.
Een gedeelte van de de Budget Speech vinden jullie hieronder.
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Rob Breumelhof
Skills for Economic Development
The Newman Government is committed to developing a robust and resilient economy and to do this we need a skilled workforce to remain competitive both domestically and internationally.
I am pleased to announce that Trade and Investment Queensland, in consultation with the Department of Education, Training and Employment, will be undertaking an immediate comprehensive competitive analysis of the Queensland Government’s criteria for both state-sponsored skilled migration visas and business migration visas.
Under Labor, Queensland has fallen behind other Australian states and today has some of the most onerous criteria for state-sponsored visas. These onerous criteria are restricting Queensland businesses from hiring employees with critical skills. They also act as a handbrake on the flow of capital and investment in to our state. This is happening at a time when the current shortage of skills is driving wages to unsustainable levels, especially in the resource industry. This issue must be addressed if Queensland is to remain a competitive place to do business.
As an example a mining or petroleum engineer seeking a state-sponsored permanent settlement visa in Queensland, currently requires 7 years work experience. In Western Australia, the Government will sponsor a petroleum or mining engineer if they have a job offer with a term greater than 12 months. The same example can be found in other critical occupations, such as surveyors, mechanical engineers, and geotechnical engineers.
The former Government’s abject failure on state sponsored skilled migration visas is evident by the statistics. In 2011-12 Queensland sponsored only 212 visas whilst 22,247 state sponsored places were filled nationally. Queensland’s share was less than 1% of the national total and its allocation from the Commonwealth Government was undersubscribed by 93%.
The Newman Government will ensure our visa allocation is not wasted, but used to increase the skilled workforce available for Queensland business.