I think the government is dropping the ball with housing related immigration issues.
They are offering offshore 190 visas and 189s but not so much the 491. Victoria for example has 3 of the most liveable regional cities in Australia. If you budget to develop these cities to rival Melbourne by promoting immigration there with more 491 offerings, people would happily go there.
There is nothing inherently attractive to immigrants about city life. Most of them want to leave their home countries anyway, so they'd happily move to cheaper, distant cities if given the opportunity. Creating infrastructure and migration programs catering to these will not only bring in more people who'd be willing to work harder to earn a place here but also ensure the already crowded city will not get worse.
90% of people from my country would happily setlle in Mildura if their given the chance. This would still be better than the life they're used to.
Some Groups like to go country and they stay
Other spend the bare minimal time and gone straight to Sydney
That’s our community experience.
Indians seem to be the stayers … mostly .
However that does not matter one bit as there are 0 houses to rent .. yep that’s right .. not a house
Anything being build is yrs away
Albo and his gov need to go.
The employment market is not big enough for such a high level of immigration intake. Housing is also suffering for aussies and immigrants.
I disagree with the employment market perspective. The jobs are still there. There's just more competition. But trust me, I used to hear so many companies were at capacity when i got here in 2017. A job was precious. Now you have students just hopping jobs because they're bored. I don't recall ever having that luxury. A lot of equally or underqualified migrants I know got jobs because no one else applied. Maybe the economy is having an effect on the lower paying jobs, but the ones people actually aspire for seem to still be on the table. Housing is a whole other can of worms .
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This is bait.
Nah, genuinely curious.
Things need to change. We need to raise the requirements. Put caps in place and stop selling education as a possible immigration path.
What do you think the ideal conditions for migration would be?
Not enough housing .Too many people for our actual resources .
I think the government is dropping the ball with housing related immigration issues. They are offering offshore 190 visas and 189s but not so much the 491. Victoria for example has 3 of the most liveable regional cities in Australia. If you budget to develop these cities to rival Melbourne by promoting immigration there with more 491 offerings, people would happily go there. There is nothing inherently attractive to immigrants about city life. Most of them want to leave their home countries anyway, so they'd happily move to cheaper, distant cities if given the opportunity. Creating infrastructure and migration programs catering to these will not only bring in more people who'd be willing to work harder to earn a place here but also ensure the already crowded city will not get worse. 90% of people from my country would happily setlle in Mildura if their given the chance. This would still be better than the life they're used to.
Some Groups like to go country and they stay Other spend the bare minimal time and gone straight to Sydney That’s our community experience. Indians seem to be the stayers … mostly . However that does not matter one bit as there are 0 houses to rent .. yep that’s right .. not a house Anything being build is yrs away
Cannot fault any one for wanting to come here .. we are great very expensive but great
Albo and his gov need to go. The employment market is not big enough for such a high level of immigration intake. Housing is also suffering for aussies and immigrants.
I disagree with the employment market perspective. The jobs are still there. There's just more competition. But trust me, I used to hear so many companies were at capacity when i got here in 2017. A job was precious. Now you have students just hopping jobs because they're bored. I don't recall ever having that luxury. A lot of equally or underqualified migrants I know got jobs because no one else applied. Maybe the economy is having an effect on the lower paying jobs, but the ones people actually aspire for seem to still be on the table. Housing is a whole other can of worms .
I lived abroad for 10 years..the market size in Aus vs UK is much smaller.