Tag: Australia

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Impressing UK colleagues with a taste of home on Office Bake Day proves a little more difficult than anticipated for our honeymooning nomad.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business Talent Visa: Venture Capital Entrepreneur (subclass 132) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business Talent Visa: Significant Business History (subclass 132) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business Investor (Permanent) Visa (subclass 888) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business Innovation (Permanent) Visa (subclass 888) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Significant Investor Provisional Visa (subclass 188) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business Innovation (Provisional) Visa (subclass 188) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Graduate (Temporary) Visa (subclass 485) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Regional visa (subclass 887) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Sponsored (Provisional) Visa (subclass 489) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Nominated (Provisional) Visa (subclass 489) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Nominated Visa (subclass 190) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Independent Visa (subclass 189) explained.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Skilled Migration visas explained.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | According to the latest statistics, there were roughly 1.19 million UK-born expatriates living in Australia, making it the most popular country for British people who live abroad.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | Breaches of Australia's 457 foreign worker visa program have been so serious that legislative change will be needed, says immigration minister.

Australian news organisations have reported that Prince Harry will join the Australian Army for a six-month period on secondment later this year, with UK royal officials currently assessing the security risks that such a deployment would involve.

Queensland’s education minister says his state won’t follow the lead of NSW in signing up to Canberra’s schools reform.

Feminist icon Ita Buttrose says it’s unfair Prime Minister Julia Gillard cops flak for her clothes, empty fruit bowl and her hair. Ms Buttrose also called for the introduction of quotas to address the minority representation of women in boardrooms.

Twenty three candidates from the UK have made it through to the next stage of Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ competition.

Australia House will open its doors in the name of charity on Thursday 16 May, as it plays host to a quiz night to raise money for the Spinal Research Foundation.

Head of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Anna Gray, is to present this year’s Menzies Lecture at the King’s College London Menzies Centre for Australian Studies next Tuesday 30 April 2013. The topic is Building Australia's Cultural Capital 1913-2013.

Australia’s population will officially hit 23 million on Tuesday at 9:57pm AEST (12:57pm in the UK) according to projections by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The Queensland government have announced new changes to the state’s bicycle safety laws, creating an exemption to provide for members of the Sikh community that are unable to wear a helmet over their religiously-mandated turbans.

Kurt Fearnley spent most of the London marathon hiding from the wind and conserving energy before exploding past his rivals out of the last corner.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has written to Prime Minister Julia Gillard warning her against naming a new governor-general before this year’s federal election. Government insiders are speculating Abbott intends to nominate former mentor John Howard to the position if the Coalition is elected in the September poll.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Surviving the London winter is much easier when you’re the one Australian who doesn’t tan.

Menzies House, a think tank with links to the Liberal Party, has sparked controversy by publishing a tongue-in-cheek article advocating the death of underprivileged Australians as a method of managing the federal budget. Wayne Swan has labelled the piece by right wing business lobbyist Toby Ralph "a disgusting rant".

Divinyls lead singer and Australian music icon Chrissy Amphlett passed away today after a two year battle with cancer.

South Australia will transition to the full national disability insurance scheme, covering all people with a disability by mid-2019.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | It takes more than a good idea to successfully transfer abroad and put down roots in Australia.

Reality television franchises have collided in Sydney with former Australia’s Next Top Model contender Madeline Huett claiming that producers of British hit Geordie Shore invited her to participate in a threesome with one of the show’s cast members while filming its upcoming Australian season.

An international competition to find the next voice of the iconic Neighbours theme song has ended in a tie, with Australian Stephanie Angelini and British singer Daniel Boys being invited to sing a duet to open the long-running soap.

The Australian-based production of British reality television program Geordie Shore has already begun courting controversy, with police dispatched to intervene in a public disturbance at the show’s Sydney base in Coogee on the first day of filming.

One of Australia’s most recognisable ballet stars at London’s Royal Opera House is back on stage this month. Principal with The Royal Ballet Steven McRae features in the new work 24 Preludes by Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, one of a three-piece spectacle at Covent Garden.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | The Australian government has announced an intention to tighten controls on the 457 visa scheme for skilled workers, including a requirement for employers to show they are nominating a position where there is a genuine shortage of workers.

X-Factor Australia is reportedly close to signing LMFAO front-man Redfoo as a celebrity judge, after the departure of Guy Sebastian and Mel B left two vacant chairs. Dannii Minogue is also rumoured to be joining Ronan Keating and Natalie Bassingthwaighte on next season's panel.

Get out your Veet and hide your sisters, Australia! MTV has today announced that the upcoming sixth season of hit British reality show Geordie Shore will be filmed Down Under, with the show’s nine stars arriving in the next few months.

AUSTRALIAN VISAS | Eligibility and requirements for Australian Business Innovation Provisional Visas (subclass 188) explained.

POSTCARDS FROM JIMEOIN | Jimeoin is having so much fun on his UK tour he's added another date at Hammersmith Apollo on 23 November. He writes us a postcard from the road, somewhere inbetween Leamington Spa and Newcastle.

ALP Abroad are planning a day long pilgrimage to Oxford to visit the birth place of the 'yard of ale' legend that surrounds the former Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke.

REVIEW | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have released their latest album Push The Sky Away. They will be touring the album in the UK in October with dates including three shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

Neighbours are looking to reinvent their theme tune, and are set to let UK and Aussies singers battle it out for the chance to provide the music to this iconic Australian soap.

MOVE TO AUSTRALIA | The millions of Britons who divide their time between homes in the UK and overseas in countries like Australia need to clarify their tax residence status ‘sooner rather than later’, say financial advisers.

Australian designer Dion Lee is one of six finalists competing for the International Woolmark Prize at London Fashion Week on 16 February 2013.

It is hard for an Aussie to live in the UK and not notice the pervasive influence of class, woven into the cultural fabric of English society. Whilst the idea of an Australian classless society may be an 'egalitarian myth' , it is, as CATHERINE BURRELL argues, an important part ...

POSTCARDS FROM JIMEOIN | Fair Dinkum mate. Jimeoin writes us a postcard from monsoonal Queensland ahead of his UK tour.

Thousands of Australians have gathered in London at events across town to celebrate Australia Day. With music, comedy, and epic Aussie Day parties on at pubs in all parts of London, it was hard to escape the festive spirit.

TUBE TALK | This Australia Day let's 'Aussify' the Tube.

AUSTRALIA DAY IN UK | This Australia Day 2013 in London, why don't you celebrate in true Aussie style by laughing along with some of Australia's best comedians at Clapham Grand's Comedy Carnival. Featuring a fantastic Aussie line-up, with Big Colin Cole, Brisbane's Benny Boot and Pete Jonas from Melbourne, ...