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Emigrate to Australia where 57 per cent of people measure success on how happy they are. Next most important thing is having strong family relationships according to 40 per cent of Aussies. Feeling fit and healthy is important to 38 per cent of people. Being a good person the most important thing for 37 per cent of Aussies surveyed. In a survey by National Australia Bank, 2000 Australians were quizzed on their measures of success….
Emigrate to Australia where applicants for certain visas also need to have adequate health insurance cover for the duration of their stay in Australia. The health requirement is designed to: Minimise public health and safety risks to the Australian community; Contain public expenditure on health and community services, including Australian social security benefits, allowances and pensions; Maintain access of Australian residents to health and other community services. In line with Australia’s global non-discriminatory immigration policy,…
Emigrate to Australia where the Government has sought to strengthen its science and innovation system, actively collaborating with international partners and drawing on global best practice to strengthen its policies. Australia currently spends around 2.1% of GDP on research and development (R&D), slightly below the OECD average of 2.3%. Public spending on R&D has increased marginally and in 2016-17 is estimated at A$10.1bn (£6.05bn). More than a third of this spending goes to the business…
Migrate to Australia where two of Australia’s top sporting captains, netball’s Laura Geitz and rugby union’s Stephen Moore are urging teenagers to keep playing sport rather than drop out. The Australian Sports Commission has launched a new campaign to get more Australians, particularly young Australians, participating in sport more often. As part of a social media campaign called ‘Stick With It’ the two top sports stars reveal their doubts and the distractions they overcame to…
Migrate to Australia where the Melbourne Cricket Club is throwing its support behind the city’s local music scene, and encourages everyone to come experience the People’s Ground in a completely new way. It’s been the stage for some of the world’s biggest sporting events and music performances, and it is to play host to Melbourne Music Week. The MCG will transform into a mini music festival on Sunday 13 November, with Gate 2 opening at…
Migrate to Australia where teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is set to perform concerts at big stadiums in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in 2017. Pop star Bieber’s concerts in March 2017, to promote his chart-topping ‘Purpose’ album, will go head to head with superstar attractions like Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Radiohead who are also touring Down Under at the same time. Bieber, a gay icon and pin-up poster-boy that is adored by teenage girls…
Migrate to Australia and live the dream of starting your own business and running your own company. New business start-ups in Tasmania are being helped on the road to success by two new innovation centres, one in Launceston and the other in Hobart. Operated by a new start-up organisation called Enterprize, the centres are home to hi-tech, engineering and creative media companies. The new business tech hubs aim to build upon Tasmania’s fast-growing business start-up…
Migrate to Australia where Australian exporters say the outlook for their business has improved in the last 12 months and they plan to expand into new international markets. A new report by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) shows 67 per cent of exporters believe the outlook for their business is better compared to 2015. More than three quarters (78 per cent) of exporters surveyed also said they were planning to expand into additional…
Migrate to Australia will be quicker and easier for migrants’ parents from 2017 thanks to the new temporary sponsored parent visa. Australians will be able to use the new visa to sponsor their parents to move here for up to five years, rather than join the waiting list for a permanent visa that carries no requirement for a ¬contribution. A report by the Productivity Commission suggested that each year’s intake of migrants’ parents would cost…
Migrate to Australia where a new high speed network is now spreading out from Australia via subsea fibre-optic cables across the Pacific that will connect Australia to South America in addition to Africa and the Middle East. French company Alcatel-Lucent is working with Australian hi-tech and telecoms companies to roll out the new hi-speed network that will boost the Aussie economy. Alcatel-Lucent currently holds the distance record for undersea data transmission over more than 10,000…
