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Skilled migrant intake gets budget makeover

THE Rudd Government, in its first budget, has announced initiatives to tackle the skills shortage in Australia that include upping the intake of skilled migrants into Australia and reforming the 457 visa scheme.

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Skilled migrant intake gets budget makeover

The 2008-09 Migration Program will include an extra 31,000 skilled migrants. This brings the total to 190,300 places with permanent skilled migration making up 133,500 places. The increase follows on...

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