Australian government begging unemployed Irish to take up jobs in Australia

the groutch · 09-07-2011 09:55PM

We tuk der jerbs!

09-07-2011 10:00PM

Gnobe wrote: »

Why not hire more Indians and Chinese? Australia needs to become more ethnically diverse.

If they employ too many Chinese they may end up a part of China in the future, a scary prospect considering that China would hapily colonise the place to have unrestricted access to the minerals.

slum dog · 09-07-2011 10:01PM

i couldnt understand why australia was such a racist country until we had the boom

SharpshooterTom · 09-07-2011 10:06PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If they employ too many Chinese they may end up a part of China in the future, a scary prospect considering that China would hapily colonise the place to have unrestricted access to the minerals.

Don't be stupid. :rolleyes:

Ethnic Chinese are everywhere in this world. They give a lot to a host country, work hard, commit little crime and have high rates of interracial marriage showing signs of true integration. Shame we don't have about a million more of them in this country.

slum dog · 09-07-2011 10:07PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If they employ too many Chinese they may end up a part of China in the future, a scary prospect considering that China would hapily colonise the place to have unrestricted access to the minerals.

i wouldnt be surprised if that was chinas grand plan

09-07-2011 10:22PM

Gnobe wrote: »

Don't be stupid. :rolleyes:

Ethnic Chinese are everywhere in this world. They give a lot to a host country, work hard, commit little crime and have high rates of interracial marriage showing signs of true integration. Shame we don't have about a million more of them in this country.

Do you want to have to learn Mandarin! The Chinese takeover of places in Africa should be seen as a warning, they will ensure that they have a supply of minerals & fuel in the future, if that means colonising then so be it.

Chinese a great bunch of lads! Beware what you wish for.

SharpshooterTom · 09-07-2011 10:31PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The Chinese takeover of places in Africa

They become Australian....

And yes I wouldn't mind learning some mandarin.

09-07-2011 11:17PM

Gnobe wrote: »

They become Australian....

And yes I wouldn't mind learning some mandarin.

and then Australia becomes Chinese!

OPENROAD · 09-07-2011 11:21PM

Say the Australian unemployed are annoyed, probably as we speak the AH Australia version have a thread about Irish taking jobs

Jumpy · 10-07-2011 12:57AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Say the Australian unemployed are annoyed, probably as we speak the AH Australia version have a thread about Irish taking jobs

Considering the current unemployment rate, most of those unemployed here choose to be so.

OPENROAD · 10-07-2011 01:01AM

Jumpy wrote: »

Considering the current unemployment rate, most of those unemployed here choose to be so.

Well yes it is quite low there,however even during the "Celtic Tiger" people were complaining about the immigrant workforce

allthedoyles · 10-07-2011 01:06AM

Birdnuts wrote: »

They can't get enough of Irish doctors, nurses and other medical professionals(same with Canada and the UK). Young people here should look to this area instead of dead end arts, business or engineering courses:)

Are they heading for an health crisis just like Ireland ?

Jumpy · 10-07-2011 03:07AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Well yes it is quite low there,however even during the "Celtic Tiger" people were complaining about the immigrant workforce

Well I have seen it from the other side. I was the immigrant workforce in Ireland.

I was handed a renewable visa for the sole purpose of filling work that there were not enough people in Ireland to do. There still isnt.

Australia is the same, however they have far more control over their immigration, so when the jobs start to decline, so will the visa offerings.
Europe sort of makes that impossible for Ireland.

Jumpy · 10-07-2011 03:08AM

allthedoyles wrote: »

Are they heading for an health crisis just like Ireland ?

Public hospitals still have long waiting times but generally no.

universe777 · 10-07-2011 06:31AM

keithzer wrote: »

I'd love to go i'm a Electrician but cant afford to get there its a pain in the arse i have a friend over there working as a carpenter getting $850 dollars a week

That's not a lot really, I have gotten over $900 a week doing basic office admin work.

theboss80 · 10-07-2011 12:30PM

When I went there I had a job set up in Syndney , a trade and was getting $15 and hour and ended up getting a labouring job when I got $23.50. So a trade isn't the be all and end all

starlit · 10-07-2011 12:34PM

I thought they were clamping down on the number of people taking up jobs in Australia now that they are introducing a scheme where you need work experience and third level qualifications? There was a documentary on it a few months ago 'departure' mentioned that I think.

mandrake04 · 10-07-2011 01:50PM

doovdela wrote: »

I thought they were clamping down on the number of people taking up jobs in Australia now that they are introducing a scheme where you need work experience and third level qualifications? There was a documentary on it a few months ago 'departure' mentioned that I think.

Yeah you are correct, the Dept of Immigration cut skilled migration from 133500 per year (2008-2009) to 113850 (2010-2011).

and they made it slight more difficult for those without any formal qualification or experience. And who have not got a high level of English.

Last year there was only about 3000 Irish people migrated to Australia, of course there was about 20,000 came on a Working holiday visa (which at the end of the day is only a holiday).

Australia unlike Ireland has a closed door immigration policy, we get to choose who comes in our country.

**Think the TV program you were talking about was called Departure date?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAW6pun7jmA

mandrake04 · 10-07-2011 01:58PM

theboss80 wrote: »

When I went there I had a job set up in Syndney , a trade and was getting $15 and hour and ended up getting a labouring job when I got $23.50. So a trade isn't the be all and end all

That sounds like a sh!te trade job to me.

I am a service Engineer and I make about $2000 ( €1500) a week, friend of mine is a form worker and he makes about the same and a few other are making $1500+ pw working in construction.

as far as immigration goes an unskilled job wont keep you here, a legit trade will.

Blackpitts · 10-07-2011 02:01PM

Nulty wrote: »

http://www.seek.com.au/
http://www.jobsearch.com.au/

Worth a look. I'm not paying for the bailout....pfff :pac:

A friend of a friend found a job+sponsorship applying from Ireland throu seek.com.au...is it just a BS or does anyone has a "friend of a friend" with the same luck?

starlit · 10-07-2011 02:04PM

Oh right I didn't know that, ye pick and choose who ye allow into Oz to work then oh right that's ok then. Probably better to regulate that way unlike in the EU. Is it mostly craft/trade/engineering/construction jobs though they offer not being as specific as business/science/teaching/nursing/IT and other areas of specialist areas? Is there still a downfall of people from OZ taking up employment there or has it saturated with all the incoming immigrants taking up jobs there?

Downlinz · 10-07-2011 02:06PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Did we not send Mary Harney off to Canada and New Zealand about 5-7 years ago to encourage their unemployed young people to come to Ireland?

There's a good point here for people considering a long term immigration move. see-saws come to mind.

mandrake04 · 10-07-2011 02:08PM

Blackpitts wrote: »

A friend of a friend found a job+sponsorship applying from Ireland throu seek.com.au...is it just a BS or does anyone has a "friend of a friend" with the same luck?

I know of about 3 people tops who managed this, getting sponsored of the back of a WHV is the more common route. Even that is difficult.

mightyreds · 10-07-2011 03:31PM

i have to agree with mandrake i was labouring for an electrician and he told me the going rate for it was $75 dollars an hour also a plumber is higher in demand so they get $100 an hour. I also agree about the white racist remark the australians well at least 90% that i have come across in my travels hate asians and anything that is made there eg toyota cars (even when he was driving one),sony things like that and also every irish person was stupid the crap about irish beig stupid we had to listen to over there!!

slum dog · 10-07-2011 04:10PM

mandrake04 wrote: »

Yeah you are correct, the Dept of Immigration cut skilled migration from 133500 per year (2008-2009) to 113850 (2010-2011).

and they made it slight more difficult for those without any formal qualification or experience. And who have not got a high level of English.

Last year there was only about 3000 Irish people migrated to Australia, of course there was about 20,000 came on a Working holiday visa (which at the end of the day is only a holiday).

Australia unlike Ireland has a closed door immigration policy, we get to choose who comes in our country.

**Think the TV program you were talking about was called Departure date?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAW6pun7jmA

it was quite pathetic having to watch grown men cry. one thing that documentary did touch on was the undying pessimism of the irish paddy. if i was forced to emigrate, i'd be dancing to the airport. once those people get a taste what its like to live in australia or canada for a year they will be crying having to come back to this hole and only then i might possibly have some sympathy for them.

OneArt · 10-07-2011 05:02PM

I would rather shoot myself than go to that scorpion infested desert on the other side of the world. Europe is closer, cheaper to get to and theres none of that visa sh!t.

aligator_am · 10-07-2011 05:52PM

mandrake04 wrote: »

Yeah you are correct, the Dept of Immigration cut skilled migration from 133500 per year (2008-2009) to 113850 (2010-2011).

and they made it slight more difficult for those without any formal qualification or experience. And who have not got a high level of English.

Last year there was only about 3000 Irish people migrated to Australia, of course there was about 20,000 came on a Working holiday visa (which at the end of the day is only a holiday).

Australia unlike Ireland has a closed door immigration policy, we get to choose who comes in our country.

**Think the TV program you were talking about was called Departure date?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAW6pun7jmA

Watched that clip, found it very sad

May sound silly but at least this generation can use Skype to visually contact the folks back home, not perfect but a lot better than the past.

mandrake04 · 10-07-2011 11:36PM

OneArt wrote: »

I would rather shoot myself than go to that scorpion infested desert on the other side of the world. Europe is closer, cheaper to get to and theres none of that visa sh!t.

I think you been watching too much National Geographic channel, there's cities down here too.

Sure it's only a day away on the plane, Europe may be a bit closer and cheaper but I wouldn't fancy working in some crappy Polish factory or digging roads in the Czech Rep.

slum dog · 11-07-2011 12:00AM

mandrake04 wrote: »

I think you been watching too much National Geographic channel, there's cities down here too.

Sure it's only a day away on the plane, Europe may be a bit closer and cheaper but I wouldn't fancy working in some crappy Polish factory or digging roads in the Czech Rep.

the weather is a big plus too

dsmythy · 11-07-2011 12:21AM

Nice property bubble they got going over there. China in a similar bubble right now. I don't predict it ends well.

Australian government begging unemployed Irish to take up jobs in Australia

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