Western Australia suspends State Sponsorship Programme and RSMS Certifying Services until further notice after state elections!

State Sponsorship and RSMS for Western Australia no longer available!

The state of Western Australia (WA) recently concluded its state elections with Labor winning the election and bringing a change to state government. The new premier-elect Mark McGowan now leads the largest state of Australia and has listed the changes he wishes to implement for the state of WA.

In various news articles there has been mention of the following:

“McGowan has also promised to tear up WA’s skilled migration list that allows employers to bring in workers on 457 temporary visas. It’s a key part of Labor’s union-backed push to create more local jobs in a state with the nation’s highest unemployment rate.”

- The Australian, 13 March 2017 –

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457 visas still popular with small firms in WA

 

An interesting article by Myriam Robin about 457s in WA:

http://www.smartcompany.com.au/managing-people/057723-why-small-wa-firms-are-turning-to-457-visas-we-can-t-compete-with-the-big-miners-on-wages.html

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