POPULATION growth in regional SA has slumped from 5000 to 970 new residents a year over the past five years, prompting calls to revamp migration programs to help country areas prosper.
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APPALLING revelations this week about the horrific working conditions backpackers endure on Australian farms have sent shockwaves across the country.
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Trade and Investment Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith insists a “pragmatic program of work to transform the economy” will inevitably help solve the state’s migration woes, as the latest Bureau of Statistics figures show South Australia’s regions grew by only 970 people in the year to March.
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Yvan Boyokino’s visa application was refused by mistakes made outside of his control. Migration Solutions took on Yvan’s case a few months ago to lodge an application for Ministerial Intervention. This was subsequently denied. With support from Nick Xenophon, the Blue Eagles community and all his friends and family, they have made a last ditch
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There is a hidden warning in the recent electoral boundaries review, writes Tom Richardson – one that both Government and Opposition need to heed.
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South Australia lost 5000 people to interstate migration last year – the highest number in more than a decade – prompting an SOS from an industry expert warning that the current trend will cripple the local economy.
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Mark talks about SA being the only state without a relationship register, and the effects this is having on couples who are being forced apart.
Mark talks about weak population growth in smaller states and regional areas creates the need for more flexible migration to cater for “economically challenged” areas.
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Mark talks about how Australia’s migration system serves the interests of relatively high-growth cities. Mark says that we need a plan that looks at the needs of the rest of the country, which is struggling economically and on the employment front.
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Mark highlights that the restrictions on Significant Investor Visas (SIV) in South Australia is detrimental to the state. He believes SA should be doing everything possible to make the SIV program as accessible as possible. He suggests the SIV program should allow migrants the chance to invest $3 million into SA over five years.
Mark speaks out at Immigration SA’s lack of consultation with the agriculture, horticulture and hospitality industries, who are crying out for skilled workers. He emphasises the importance of population growth and highlights the benefits of international students staying in SA. He underpins job creation as the key to growing the state’s population.
Mark speaks out against the Department’s decision to raise Partner visa fees, stating that the increase in price wouldn’t have any affect on visa processing times. Instead, applicants are paying more for a service that is not improving in any way.
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Mark is asked to comment on the Government’s proposed ‘short-term mobility’ subclass visas for companies with global operations who require specialists to be flown in at short notice. Mark lends his support to the concept, saying that greater flexibility is needed if Australia is to compete on an international level.
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Mark hits back at CMFEU national secretary Michael O’Connor over the Department of Immigration’s new Skilled Migration proposal paper, pointing out that a line needs to be drawn between the 457 program and other short-term temporary visas to prevent fear-mongering when discussing changes to migration policy.
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Mark comments on the critical role migrants play in allowing local businesses to grow and expand. He also highlights the significant economic contribution migration makes to SA. Growing the state’s tax revenue base, eating in SA restaurants and building houses in the districts were all examples Mark gave to deliver his point about the benefits
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Mark questioned why 2014 was the first time South Australia had reached its skilled migration nomination quota. While he was pleased SA had finally used its full allocation of nominations made available, he raised the point that more detail was needed to determine how beneficial these figures really were to the state’s economy. He queried
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Migration Solutions is part of a group of industry leaders who have joined forces to lobby the Federal Government, in order to make much needed changes to migration in South Australia. The changes include, an introduction of an economic migration program, changing the Significant Investor Visas, which would allow $3 million of investment over five
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Mark comments on the recent allegations of widespread program rorting present within the Australian migration program, and says that the solution is to provide higher levels of accreditation for approved registered migration agents.
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