Released on = June 21, 2007, 3:59 am

Press Release Author = Kate Collyns, Homesworldwide

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Skilled meat workers are to be granted temporary entry into
Western Australia, following a new three-year labour agreement finalised by Kevin
Andrews, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, and Margaret Quirk, West
Australian Minister for Small Business.

Press Release Body = Brits in the meat industry hoping to migrate to Australia could
find the answer in Western Australia, as the government is committing more funds to
attracting skilled migrants.

Skilled meat workers are to be granted temporary entry into Western Australia,
following a new three-year labour agreement finalised by Kevin Andrews, Minister for
Immigration and Citizenship, and Margaret Quirk, West Australian Minister for Small
Business.

Australia as a whole has an unemployment rate of 4.4 per cent, but booming Western
Australia has just 2.7 per cent, which has resulted in the temporary shortages of
some skilled workers in the meat industry.

The agreement means that employers must commit to training Australian workers too,
which will help guarantee a future for the industry; and provides for strict skills
assessment requirements and a minimum salary of A$41,850 (£17,500) - the standard
minimum salary level - or the relevant industrial instrument, whichever is higher.

Authorities are hoping that Western Australian meat companies will be provided with
a temporary solution to address the shortage of skilled workers, while keeping the
jobs of Australian workers safe.

The government has committed an extra A$85.3 million over four years to the
temporary skilled migration programme, to help eradicate misuse and breaches of the
system.

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