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The year studied shows a 9.1% rise over the previous year for people permanently moving to Australia

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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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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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In February 2009, for the first time in eight years, Australia cut its annual immigration levels due to the bad economy and weak demand for skilled labor. This is having a dramatic affect on an entire industry  sector based on immigration to Australia. With fewer visas being issued, businesses which have been making their profits by [...]

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If you said Australia you were close but wrong!
Today Canada is the country with the highest per capita immigration rate in the world. This is followed by the United States, and only then by immigration to Australia.
Canada in known throughout the world for having a very loose and broad immigration policy. This policy is witnessed [...]

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Asians Making up Majority of Immigrants to Australia
Asians today make up for the largest share of people moving to Australia.
During 2005, for example, 123,424 people immigrated to Australia.
This breaks down to:
54,804 from Asia
21,131 from Oceania
18,220 from the United Kingdom
17,736 were from Africa
2,369 from Eastern Europe
1,506 from South America
Australia is one of the most multicultural tolerant [...]

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Statistics show the number of British people moving to Australia is on the rise, reaching greater levels than ever before.
2008 saw the highest level of immigration to Australia from the UK since the late 1960s, with 23,236 out of the 149,365 permanent migrants coming from Britain. In other words, about 14% of all immigrants arriving in Australia are from England.
Today 1,153,264 [...]

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Good news for new immigrants who are already shipping to Australia their belongings. Jobs in Australia are fairly easy to find! New migrants are finding employment faster than ever before according to a new survey conducted by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA).
The latest longitudinal survey of new migrants moving to Australia shows [...]

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Foreigners in Relationship with Australians Can Stay While Application Considered

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