It is reported that new visa conditions, which will be announced before next May`s general election, have been finalized for five years to relocate new immigrants to remote areas.
Before everybody has been concerned about the new policy is always something real!
To tell the truth, every time I read the Australian media news is a headache, because the website has a new deal-related news points in, 10 inside the content of 8 are almost the same.
Either citizen minister Alan Tudge says Sydney, Melbourne is overcrowded, but the population in other remote areas is growing slowly, hoping the new policy will lead some migrants to work and live in remote areas.
Or the immigrant minister David Coleman says that in addition to remote villages and towns, smaller provinces, such as South Australia, are keen to boost their population and welcome immigrants to the region. So the government hopes to encourage immigrants to reach smaller states by attaching good conditions to existing visas, which will meet the needs of remote areas and ease the pressure on big cities.
Again, Prime Minister Morrison or some important organization or group, while affirming the importance of immigration, is worried about the dual-speed development of Australia`s various regions. Hope to keep the number of immigrants and solve the problem of uneven distribution of migrant population.
Does it look familiar to everyone?
In fact, the final analysis is that government`s procrastination is too serious, and the Australian media have had to send similar content over and over again, but in summary, they are all the same, all proposals, and they have not come up with any constructive proposals for a few months. There is no formal decision.
So the editor is very worried every day, although I know that everyone is tired of reading, hope to have some fresh, real news of the new deal, but there is no way.
Fortunately, the news of SBS has more or less squeezed out a bit of "practical information" recently. Mentioned the related problems of naturalization, come and see with the editor!
In an exclusive interview with immigrant minister David Coleman by SBS, minister confirmed that the five-year New deal for remote areas will be officially launched by May next year, while indicating that both South Australia and the Northern Territory are actively applying to government for priority immigration status. The Northern Territory government also says it can continue to provide family subsidies to immigrants who settle in the Northern Territory.
"We already have many different regional visa categories and my focus will be on assessing the effectiveness of each program and the potential ways to improve it," minister said.
David Coleman said the imposition of additional visa conditions would be a major form of reform in the New deal, and that government hopes to fill a shortage of skills in remote parts of Australia.
He also acknowledged the importance of immigration to Australia. "Migration is vital to our success as a country," he said. "our country`s history is the history of immigrants, because apart from the aboriginal people of Australia, We are all immigrants.
In addition to announcing the imminent launch of a new deal for migrants from remote areas, minister David Coleman also mentioned that government would reconsider plans to tighten naturalization requirements.
I`m sure you`ll all remember that government wanted to make it harder to naturalize in English, while increasing residency requirements and controversial proposals such as "values tests".
At that time, government put forward a series of "most difficult naturalization requirements in history," including: holding PR for at least four years before applying for naturalization, stricter English proficiency requirements, and no more than three re-examinations for naturalization examinations, and so on. It triggered strong opposition from all walks of life.
In the end, pressure from public opinion, combined with opposition from Labour, the Greens and the NXT Team, led to the cancellation of government`s naturalization reforms.
But the government has been obsessed with making naturalization more difficult. After the previous bill was rejected, government immediately said that it would continue to require the English proficiency of naturalized applicants, and offered to set up a new English test, which would make it less difficult. Focus on conversation and other daily English requirements.
But with the change of prime minister, the reform of the English test was naturally postponed indefinitely.
However, in the interview, the new immigrant minister again raised the issue of naturalization reform, although he gave no further details, but made it clear that the government is discussing tightening naturalization requirements.
Immigrant minister David Coleman reiterated the importance of English. "it`s obviously a good thing to have some English in Australian life," he said. "the stronger the language skills of immigrants, the greater their contribution to Australian life."
It`s imperative for government to see how difficult it is to become naturalized, so let`s see what they`re going to ask for.
In addition, there is also a visa-related news today, as you should have seen before, that is, a new agricultural visa announced earlier by Australia`s government to address the shortage of agricultural labour. As a result, less than a month later, he changed his mouth and called it a stop.
The lack of Australian agriculture is not a matter of the past two years. Various agricultural organizations and groups have been crying with the government to let the government solve the problem. Finally, not long ago, the government announced that it would set up a new agricultural visa.
The new agriculture visa is expected to exempt labour market testing from employer guarantee and target young people in countries with free trade agreements with Australia, thereby addressing the shortage of agricultural labour.
There was a lot of vows at the time, and now it`s as fast as hitting the face.
In less than a month, the deputy prime minister changed his mouth to suspend agricultural visas, and did not elaborate on how to improve labour shortages.
Until today, SBS released another news post saying that the Prime Minister had made a clear statement because the establishment of an agricultural visa would affect the interests of workers in the Pacific island countries that had previously signed a mutually beneficial contract with Australia. Therefore, in order to maintain strategic relations between countries, the previously scheduled new agricultural visa will be cancelled and will not be introduced again.
Emmm. Didn`t you even think about it before the news came out?
But the prime minister said that while plans to cancel agricultural visas had been cancelled, the cabinet was now actively working with the ministries of agriculture, foreign affairs and employment in an effort to come up with a new replacement plan within three weeks to address the problem of the agricultural workforce.
Hope this time government can think more carefully, stop making jokes …
In short, today`s news, or that sentence, Australia`s government procrastination can be treated, do not every time like squeezing toothpaste, a little bit, it is strange to be anxious. Hurry up, give everyone a word!
