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September 1, 2011 – As the need for more skilled workers worsens driven by the booming resource industry, the Australian States and Territories government has put forward just recently to the Council of Australian Governments meeting its plan to allow international students in Australia under student visa Australia who are graduates with skills to offer in a range of specialties to stay in the country and be allowed to work.
Under the proposed plan, international students who are graduates with university or higher level vocational qualifications in a range of specialties would now be offered work visas to Australia and will be able to stay up to 3 years.

This proposed plan is a strategic move by the Australian States and Territories government to provide skilled workers in areas where skills shortages exist due to the country’s booming mining industry.
Backed by state and territory leaders, the proposed plan is awaiting approval by the federal government and is aimed to recruit engineers for the mines as well as supporting positions such as lawyers, accountants, architects and IT and hospitality staff.
The proposed plan is also planned to be used to fill shortages of medical staff in rural areas.
Australia has ranked third in the English-speaking world behind the United States and Britain as an international student destination.
Likewise, Australia’s international education sector is the country’s third largest source of export income with over more than hundreds of thousands of foreign overseas students undertaking application for Australian visa and been granted student visas for Australia every year.
Australia has been struggling to cope with the demand for skilled workers in and around the mining sector as the resource industry continues to implement its projects.
Fuelled by Chinese demand for raw materials, the said mining boom is expected to lead to a skills shortage of 36,000 workers by 2015.

Currently, overseas students completing courses in Australia are not entitled to remain in the country, though they do have the option to apply for a permanent skilled worker’s visas Australian in a limited number of sectors, or for an 18-month visa for graduates.

Source:
smh.com.au