What's new?

News!

Through innovative changes announced in June 2010, the Australian Government will be simplifying and streamlining Australia’s complex visa system.

Specifically, the government has committed to reduce by 50 per cent the number of temporary working visas by 2012 and to target 50 per cent reduction in the total number of visa subclasses by 2015.

The Visitor visa phase of the simplification and deregulation process commences with the release of the Simpler Visas: Making Visitor Visas Simpler discussion paper for public consultation. This discussion paper builds on earlier papers and seeks views on the deregulation of the Visitor visa group which is proposed to be implemented by September 2012.

Join us on Facebook for updates

Top ten things to enjoy in Australia

  1. personal safety and freedom to walk around without concern for yourself or your children
  2. things work - traffic lights, bus services, electrricity supply
  3. it is clean
  4. less pressure on children at school
  5. politicians and government officials are approachable and helpful
  6. Aussies are friendly and accommodating
  7. Aussies are community orientated
  8. Job sharing (work only 2-3 days a week while someone else makes up the difference)
  9. everything is well organised and well executed
  10. government run health insurance (Medicare)

Top ten things to miss about Africa

  1. Family
  2. Friends
  3. your pretigeous career, if you had one
  4. disposeable income
  5. cheap labour
  6. inexpensve property
  7. rugby, if you are a supporter
  8. the veld, the many different animals and the smell of a bush fire
  9. the humor
  10. the indigenous people

Top Ten things you may not enjoy about Australia

  1. Aussies being personally affected / offended so easily by how you express yourself ("South Africans are too direct")
  2. the 8-10 advertisements at a time on free-to-air TV
  3. the price of property
  4. the price of things generally
  5. starting your career over
  6. reporting to someone less qualified than you are
  7. doing house chores yourself(gardening, cleaning, ironing, etc.)
  8. people with very large tatoos, peircings and 'interesting' clothing
  9. ignorance / stereotypes about Africa / people from Africa
  10. pertual broadcasting of rugby league at the expense of rugby union

Last update: April 2011