According to some reports, the populace of the Western Australia (the WA) headed north by 82,600 persons or 3.4% in the year to March 2013. And, as much as 63% of the said increase was thanks to immigration, more so due to a flood of employees with temporary work permits. The region’s population now stands at 2.5 million people.
Though the WA is the biggest state in the country, in geographical terms, it houses just one-tenth or 10% of the total populace. A significant section of the state’s population (1.75 million people) resides in Perth–the state capital. Still, a great deal of the population increase has been due to an influx of the aliens to work with natural resource projects, which are usually located across the region’s north western part. Employees arrive on the WA’s territories with Temporary Work (Skilled) Permits (subcategory 457), popularly called ‘457 Permits’.
457 Permits
These renewable visas are made available to qualified employees even as these enable them to do a job in the country, for a maximum of 4 years. To be accepted, the applicant should have sponsorship from a government sanctioned Australian company. Besides, the recruiter should be in a position to establish that though he made efforts he could not locate a national for the job on offer.
The 457 Permit holders are permitted to usher-in their family members along with them. The permit holders along with their family may gain admission and depart from the nation as many times as they want during their visas’ validity period. Reportedly, more than 50,000 persons, who were either 457 Permit holders or their family members, arrived to stay and do a job in the WA over the year to March 2013.
Mining Boom Attracting Public
According to an expert, the WA’s mining opportunities & the accompanying opportunities are a BIG draw pulling individuals not just from nation’s remaining regions but also from abroad to the state. Earlier, it was feared that the 457 Permit Scheme could be scaled back even as the previous Labor administration proclaimed in February this year that it would come down hard on the alleged exploitation of the 457 Permit & put national manpower workers first.
But, it could not storm back to power, and now the nation is under the control of a right-wing coalition. The new Premier Tony Abbott has been rather open in his support for provisional employees in Down Under with 457 Permits, terming them the most excellent migrants. He added that under the present coalition administration, the 457 Permits won’t be only a part, but a foundation of the national immigration plan.
