Posts Tagged "Australia"
Foreign labour levels squeezed as financial crisis shrinks job market
OECD report suggests migrants face stricter controls, lack of opportunities and a reduction in job security Immigration has dropped almost everywhere due to the financial crisis. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the influx of permanent migrants (with a renewable residence permit) fell 7% in 2008 to 4.18 million. The number of temporary migrants (with a non-renewable permit) dropped 4% to 2.31 million
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Foreign labour levels squeezed as financial crisis shrinks job market
$36b for Aussie World Cup
A STIMULUS package worth almost $36 billion would come Australia’s way if we host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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$36b for Aussie World Cup
Push to turn Cairns into Australia’s Las Vegas
Queensland MP Aidan McLindon says he’ll push ahead with his idea to establish Cairns as Australia’s new Las Vegas, despite the city’s mayor dismissing the idea. Mr McLindon, who quit the Liberal National Party in May, has told a major national conference
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French tourists may be billed if high-risk trips go wrong
• Citizens who knowingly take chances face liability • Fear proposed law may hit reporters and aid workers French tourists who run into trouble after taking unnecessary risks overseas could have to pay for their rescue and repatriation under legislation debated today by MPs in Paris.
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French tourists may be billed if high-risk trips go wrong
Under the ocean
Oceans of the world Novice and veteran divers travel the world to explore the undersea world. L.A. Times staff photographer Rick Loomis chronicles what lurks below the surface — from the Palmyra Atoll south of the Hawaiian Islands to Australia’s Great
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Under the ocean