Kenny Dowling and Anne Marie Flattery had not intended to work on a two million-acre farm in rural Australia, but that’s what happened.
Kenny, 24, who is from Athlone, Co Westmeath, and his girlfriend Anne Marie, 25, from Ballymahon, arrived in Australia in early 2009 and saw a ‘help wanted’ ad for station hands on the [...]
Irish people looking to live and work in Australia will be affected by significant changes to Australia’s immigration programme to be revealed today.
The Rudd Government is reforming the permanent skilled migration program to ensure it is more responsive to the needs of industry and employers and better addresses the nation’s future skill needs.
The significant reforms [...]
A major drop in applications for junior doctor posts in Ireland is being blamed in part on an exodus to Australia.
Internal Health Service Executive (HSE) documents show that applications for Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor (NCHD – the official name for junior doctors) posts to be filled by January 2010 have fallen by more than half at [...]
Hi John, I’m off to New Zealand for a year having been in Oz on working holiday visas for two years. I worked here for a year as a nurse assistant/care orderly, similar to my work in Ireland. I asked my work agency about sponsorship. They said my job wasn’t on the skilled list so [...]
by Pádraig Collins
QUEENSLAND is once again proving to be a fertile jobs market after a recent boost in economic activity there.
Though unemployment in the sunshine state is still slightly above the national average, it is heading in the right direction and dropped from 6.3 to six per cent in October.
Cavanman Micheal Brides, 23, first arrived [...]
by Billy Cantwell
Etihad Airways is the de-facto national carrier of Ireland for those wishing to fly east, the carrier’s CEO James Hogan told the Irish Echo last week in Sydney.
“It is unique for a country’s national carrier not to fly east,” he said, referring to Aer Lingus, who fly no further east than Burgas in [...]
by Pádraig Collins
WESTERN Australia looks like it is entering a new employment boom thanks largely to a resurgent mining and resources sector.
Though the overall Australian unemployment rate rose from 5.7 to 5.8 per cent last month, the rate in WA dropped to 5 per cent from 5.7.
The other resource-rich states also saw drops in unemployment [...]
by Pádraig Collins
AN Irishman was recently fined $1,400 and expelled from Australia after being convicted of immigration fraud.
The confirmation from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) followed a series of revelations in the Irish Echo of Working Holiday Visa (WHV) fraud among Irish backpackers.
Other Irish backpackers are under investigation for similar frauds, with one [...]
by Pádraig Collins
The case of an Irishman being investigated by Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) over visa fraud has been passed on to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Irish Echo has learned.
The news follows a series of revelations in the Echo concerning fraudulent Australian Business Numbers (ABN) being used by Irish [...]
Etihad Airway has taken the top award at this year’s World Travel Awards (WTA), being voted World’s Leading Airline by more than 180,000 travel industry professionals from over 175 countries.
The World Travel Awards recognise the very best airline, hospitality and tourism brands in the world, with industry experts vetting nominations for their customer relations, creativity, [...]
