Archive for September, 2007

Welfare recipients living in some beach areas will be the focus of a new crackdown by the Australian government according to a report from the BBC. The Australian Government says that some coastal towns have “stubbornly” high unemployment where people refuse to work and choose instead to surf and relax on the beach.
The [...]

Tenants in New South Wales, Australia face swift eviction if they fall behind in their rent under the first big overhaul of New South Wales’s tenancy laws in 20 years. With the rental vacancy rate in Sydney just 1.5 per cent, the State Government is introducing changes to try and lure more investors into the [...]

The skills shortage in New South Wales, Australia could be alleviated if the State Government stopped charging temporary residents $5000 for each child they enrolled in a public school, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mervyn Bryant, the managing director of Lismore Diesel Service, said that after an Australia-wide search for a tradesman he finally found one [...]

The total number of jobs advertised in Australian newspapers and on the internet rose marginally by 0.1 percent in August. Australian job advertisements in August were 34.3 percent higher than 12 months ago. Looking at the different channels for advertising jobs, the number of job advertisements in newspapers increased by 1.5 percent in [...]

It used to be every Australian’s dream to own a house on a quarter-acre block in the suburbs, surrounded by a white picket fence, with a big yard containing a swimming pool and barbecue area. Families lived outdoors for much of the year, eating, playing and entertaining.
But the backyard, an icon of Australian suburbia, is [...]

Australia has unveiled details of a new citizenship test for immigrants. They will be asked questions about history, institutions and culture – as well as committing to Australian social values focusing on “mateship”.
Twenty sample questions were unveiled by the federal government yesterday which included “what is the floral emblem of Australia?” and “who is [...]

Property prices in Australia have grown by nearly 7 per cent during the first six months of 2007, led by strong gains in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne. The RP Data-Rismark Index results in the couriermail show growth in property prices during the first half of 2007 is made up of a 6 per cent [...]