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The options when shipping to Australia can seem endless

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The world’s most popular method for large quantity shipping to Australia is not necessarily the simplest

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The larger the freight being shipped to Australia, the more cautious one needs to be

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Finding a good shipping company to Australia takes more the a phone book or directory

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As time continues to rush by we would like to stop and reassess as our Shipping to Australia blog turns 8 months old this week. As we promised back in August when we began, the blog is meant to be a resource for anyone thinking about shipping and/or moving to Australia, answering questions that anyone [...]

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Australia has above average population growth!
In 2008, Australia’s population growth rate was 1.7 percent for the year. This is almost 50 percent higher than the world average of 1.2 percent per year. Below is the population growth of Australia compared to that of some other countries. A detailed breakdown of what constitutes this above average population growth, how much is because of [...]

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Today moving to Australia is an viable option for people all around the globe, but that was not always the case. Unfortunately, at one time racism affected the policies governing  immigration to Australia.
The ‘White Australia‘ policy was the government’s original approach to immigration to Australia. Until the latter part of the 20th century, Australia favored applicants [...]

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While skilled workers are welcome and have been moving to Australia for ages, asylum seekers making it down under are less commen. During the 2001 election in Australia, asylum-seekers wishing to move to Australia became a big issue.
As a result of global terror incidents such as September 11, the Tampa affair, Children overboard affair, and the sinking of the SIEV-X, the issue of [...]

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A major cyclone has disrupted international shipping routes to Australia and left many ships destroyed on the rocks. As tropical Cyclone Ului slams into northeastern Australia much of the coast now looks like a disaster hit it. On Airlie Beach over 20 boats were smashed onto the rocks.
Although the Bureau of Meteorology has classified the [...]

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Moving to Australia but want to live in a area with your fellow ex-pats? Here is a quick guide to where the largest concentrations of certain nationalities live in Australia.
And don’t forget that Shipping 2 Australia is here to help you with your move. For the lowest shipping quote to Australia, fill out our easy [...]

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