The Long Term Australian Immigration Report Plan

The Australian Federal Government is planning to encourage upto about 230,000 immigrants to relocate to Australia every year for the next 40 years, suggested a report on skilled Australian Immigration as presented by the Australian Immigration Minister. The report was labelled as ‘Select Skills: Principles for a New Migration Occupations in Demand List’. The report stated that Australian Immigration should be maintained at maximum levels to cope up with the skill shortages in regional areas. As per the report, the minimum rate of immigration intake as recommended should be 150,000 people per year. Since the population of Australia falls all under the ageing workforce category, the report suggested that the numbers recommended must be met to compensate to keep a balance. The number 230,000 as suggested in the report relates to the number of people who took Australian Immigration last year.

The Australian Immigration Minister, Senator Chris Evans, addressing the report remarked that the recent changes in the Australian Skilled Migration rules are going to help fill the critical skill list gaps. “A properly targeted immigration programme will ensure that we have the right sized and appropriately skilled labour force”, commented the Senator. The senator also emphasised on attracting the right immigrants as the report stated, “Within the Framework, it will be important that those skilled migrants we choose are not only young and healthy, but also have a high level of education, language and skills.”

Adding to that Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary of the Department of Immigration Australia commented on the long term immigration plan and said, “In terms of the future, we are trying to lift ourselves away from year-to-year decisions to a 50-year vision”.
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