Scotland's immigrant Iain Cameron and the 4-year-old daughter, Payton, are the face of the decline in the Western-Australian economy.
At this time last year, Mr Cameron dreamed of looking for the future in Western Australia. Previously, Payton was diagnosed with rare, exhausting epilepsy.
The Cameron family arrived in September 2013 with Mr. Perth Cameron with a work visa and a two-year contract with IBM.
He was dismissed for 12 months, but a two-year contract with the business and technology consultancy, Jose Australia, was signed.
Another 12 months later, because of Chevron's job, Ajilon renewed Mr. Cameron's work visa for four years. At this point, Mr. Cameron decided not to rent a house and buy a house.
But just a week after he signed the contract, Chevron stopped signing Cameron's contract, and three weeks later, Ajilon fired him.
Mr. Cameron, an engineer with 20 years of experience, may now be deported.
For the past 12 months, he has no job, his work visa is pointless, and Payton's continuing medical expenses mean that state goverment sponsorship is impossible.
The Cameron family faced a dilemma: losing money to sell their house in the northern suburbs to Scotland would have a major impact on Payton's health.
"Payton has a rare, ferocious form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome," Mr. Cameron said. "the clinical conditions here are much better because cold and rapid temperature changes can trigger convulsions. We don't want to leave. When we come here, we plan to have a good life for the whole family. Our daughter loves this place, has very good friends, and the climate here is good for her. We don't want to go, but it looks like we can't go without it. "
Two work holiday visas ($1000 each) have given the Cameron family six months to seek settlement.
The second work holiday visa expires on Sunday.
"I'm going to apply for another three-month tourist visa, hoping that with the right to work, it will give me the money to buy food and pay bills so we can have time to sell our property," Mr. Cameron said. "in the UK, Australians can apply for any job if they want to stay. Unfortunately, in Australia, I don't have such a good life. "
