Skilled Mirgrant Shake Up
A LONG-ANTICIPATED shake-up of skilled migration has split the education sector, with private colleges warning of catastrophe and public institutions praising the priority it gives to the smartest for permanent residency.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans yesterday announced an overhaul of Australia’s independent skilled migration system to break the link between studying a trade in short supply and remaining in the country afterwards.
”This will make a permanent difference so that Australia is able to choose who migrates to this country, based on whether they’re going to make a contribution,” Senator Evans said.
”If they don’t have the English-language skills, don’t have the trade skills and can’t get a job … they shouldn’t be eligible for permanent residency.”
He said the ”perverse” points system that currently rated a hospitality graduate from an Australian college above a Rhodes scholar from Oxford University would be reviewed.
Yesterday, tutors in private trade colleges teetering on collapse feared for their jobs. One hairdressing college in Sydney said enrolments for its $25,000 course could decline by half as a result of the changes.
”There’s going to be a catastrophic effect on the employment of Australian workers,” said a source who asked for anonymity.
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