South Australian Premier Mike Rann said new enhanced Level Three water restrictions would now be applied as drought conditions continue. People will only be able to use sprinklers in their gardens for six hours a week on either a Saturday or Sunday, bringing South Australia “broadly in line with restrictions currently in place in [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Tighter Water Restrictions Announced for Adelaide
Australia Releases Immigration Numbers
Almost 150,000 people were granted permanent visas to live in Australia last year, according to the latest data from the Department of Immigration. 148,200 permanent visas were granted in 2006-07, including 97,920 for skilled migrants and 13,017 for refugees or people entering the country on humanitarian grounds.
Britain (24,800), India (15,865), China (14,688), South Africa (4,293) [...]
