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More Australian Working Visas Set to be Approved by the Government Next Year

For the financial year 2006-2007, the Australian government has launched 20,000 additional job vacancies in its continuing effort to combat skills shortage. A total of more than 100,000 jobs are now available in the land down under, which is what makes the Australian working visa the most popular Australian visa of all. After all too, Australia is now considered the job opportunity mecca of the world, with over 150,000 jobs being advertised each week. Add to this the fact that for the last ten years, Australia has been enjoying a low unemployment rate. This is why skilled professionals and tradespersons from all over the world continue to flock into the country, armed with their Australian working visa guaranteed to realise their dreams of better job opportunities and better lives. Under the simplified Australian visa system, an extra 10 points will be awarded to State/Region sponsorship under the Skilled Independent Regional (SIR) visa. Australian vis