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May 17, 2011 – With the Gillard government assuring to provide potential job seekers and Australians alike an extra half a million jobs over the next two years, and devising and implementing  a plan to make more permanent visas Australian available, the migration of Kiwis to Australia looks set to continue.
Wayne Swan, the Australian treasurer, announced during its evening’s budget that several initiatives are undertaken to help slash Australia’s unemployment rate to just 4.5% and to help encourage more people who are seeking jobs to apply visa to Australia; thus, increasing migrants to the country especially skilled workers.

New Zealand Immigration has already recorded that more than 2000 New Zealanders already head to Australia each month and over half a million are already living there permanently.

As part of the Australian federal government’s big plan to boost regional areas, skilled migrants who are seeking work will be encouraged to go bush.
According to the Australian government, permanent migration will play an important and vital role in delivering economic growth and development to the regions.
Australia is planning to increase the number of permanent migration visa Australian to 185,000 in the years 2011/12, with about two-thirds is planned to fill critical skill shortages in regional areas of Australia.
In support with this move, the Australian government’s skill stream intake will go up to 125,850 places, with 16,000 planned to be earmarked for rural Australia.
Chris Bowen, the Australian Immigration Minister said in his statement that regional visas will be processed as a priority over other visa meaning it will be given a high priority over other visas such as the Australian visa tourist and the like.
With this development in Australian visa form application, it is said that it will be the first time the Australian government has specifically allocated permanent visas to rural areas.

Source:
tvnz.co.nz