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Government targets tech skills with new visa scheme

The government has launched a pilot of a new visa scheme intended to help businesses recruit people with in-demand technology skills.
Australia’s business visa system ‘uncompetitive’, Google says

Google has called on the federal government to “fix skilled migration policy,” revealing that the 2017 changes to the skilled migration visa system compelled the tech company to “revise its Australian recruitment plans.”
CIOs affected by visa regime tweaks

Chief information officers on temporary visas are among those set to benefit from tweaks to Australia’s skilled migration regime. Under changes announced by the government on Friday, CIOs will now be eligible for four-year visas.
Labor pledges ‘SMART’ tech visa

Labor leader Bill Shorten has pledged that if his party forms government it will establish a new ‘SMART’ — Science, Medicine, Academia, Research and Technology — visa category.
Mixed response to 457 visa abolition

The government’s plan to overhaul Australia’s skilled migration program has alarmed an organisation representing the local ICT industry.

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