Benefits of skilled migration programs for regional Australia: perspectives from the Northern Territory

Skilled migration has long been at the forefront of policies for engendering population and regional economic growth in developed nations like Australia. Indeed a rapid growth in the size of the skilled migrant intake during the past 30 years has seen skilled migration visa numbers outstrip the combined permanent intake from other migration streams. The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) and State Specific Regional Migration (SSRM) schemes have been enacted and progressively altered in order to attract skilled migrants to regional areas of Australia. Nevertheless, population and econom ... Show more

Authors: Taylor, Andrew; Bell, Lauren; Gerritsen, Rolf

Published: [Lismore, New South Wales], Southern Cross University, 2014

Resource type: Article

Access item: http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1276&context=jesp

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