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Australia maintains a list of skilled occupations that are currently acceptable for immigration to Australia. [52] In 2009, following the global financial crisis, the Australian government reduced its immigration target by 14%, and the permanent migration program for skilled migrants was reduced to 115,000 people for that financial year. [53]
The Impact of Immigration in Australia: A Demographic Approach (2001) Foster, William, et al. Immigration and Australia: Myths and Realities (1998) Jupp, James. From White Australia to Woomera: The Story of Australian Immigration (2007) excerpt and text search; Jupp, James. The English in Australia (2004) excerpt and text search; Jupp, James.
Australia, as of 2014, had a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.8 babies born/woman, reflecting a sub-replacement fertility rate; the replacement rate is 2.1 children born/woman. [34] This TFR has a recorded low of 1.74 in 2001, and a record high of 3.55 in 1961. [ 35 ]
Pages in category "Immigrants to Australia" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Claire Adams;
Pages in category "Immigration to Australia" ... List of Australia men's international soccer players born outside Australia; List of Australia women's international ...
Chisholm has been featured on Australian stamps [20] and banknotes. [21] She was also featured on the $5 note, 1967–91. [22] The Caroline Chisholm Society is an Australian charitable organisation, established in 1969, that provides support and assistance to pregnant women and parents with young children. [23]
Labor Immigration spokesperson Tony Burke criticised the Inquiry, saying that only a Royal Commission would have the necessary powers to investigate the situation properly. [25] Cornelia Rau herself said that she wanted Senator Vanstone to be replaced as Immigration Minister by someone from an ethnic background. [26]
The first State of Origin shield The Matildas, Australia's national women's football team. In 1908, rugby league was established in Australia, by former rugby union players and supporters as a breakaway professional code. The new code gained and has maintained a wider following in Australia than rugby union, which remained amateur until the 1990s.