Immigration levels are to be cut by fourteen percent, with building workers and manufacturing workers earmarked to bear the brunt of the cuts. It will be the first cut to the skilled migration program in more than a decade and will reduce numbers from 133,500 to 115,000 by June 30.
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Immigration
Australian Skilled Immigration Numbers Cut
Australia Has Biggest Population Increase for 20 Years
2008 saw Australia’s population rise at its fastest rate since 1989. While Victoria had the largest number of new arrivals, people moving within Australia favoured Queensland and Western Australia over the other states.
