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The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) announced earlier this week the new Skilled Occupations List (SOL) that applies from 1 July. The list was unusual only by virtue of the extent of the lack of change. The following occupations are to be removed from the SOL
Hospital Pharmacist
Retail Pharmacist
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics)
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical)
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures)
Notwithstanding having completed a BCom degree, majoring in economics, I only “got” interest rates when I acquired my first mortgage. I can safely therefore say that I am no economist and feel on uncertain ground writing a blog on the value of the Australian dollar but I couldn’t help but consider the implications of the softening Australian dollar on migrants.
The Australian dollar is currently trading at 0.96 against the US dollar having been as high as $1.05 earlier this year...
Growing up I always thought of my surname as a bit of a curse and often wondered whether I came from a long line of Lipschitz' ( or should it be Lipshi?) or whether some customs official with a nasty sense of humour changed my grandfathers surname from Jones to Lipschitz. Highly unlikely since my paternal grandparents hailed from Lithuania and prior to that, possibly Germany. Perhaps then my grandfather had the Lithuanian equivalent name to Jones prior to the whimsical humour of a customs official...