The Australian Government today released issues papers for, and called for comments to, the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) review.

    The eval2uation process will be a major step in constructing a framework for migration which will meet Australia's longer term economic, social and demographic needs.

    The MODL review will assess the central skills targeting mechanism for the General Skilled Migration (GSM) program. The MODL was introduced to target the GSM program, to applicants who had skills in occupations and specialisations in short supply in Australia.

    The review, lead jointly by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship will examine and report on the following:

    The role and purpose of the MODL in targeting skill needs in relation to the GSM program, to complement the supply of tertiary qualified Australians

    A proposal for a new methodology and structure for the MODL to meet its intended purpose, taking account of:

    the long term needs of the Australian labour market

    skill supply through domestic tertiary education.

    The implications for policy and administration of any proposed changes to the MODL arrangements

    The implementation of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) for migration purposes and the implications and timing of its application to MODL and the Critical Skills List

    There are a range of stakeholders who have interests in the outcome of the review. To ensure they have an opportunity to submit their views, two issues papers will be made available for comment. The first of these papers is now available.

    See: Issues Paper - No.1 (131KB PDF file)

    Responses to the first issues paper are due by 28 August 2009.

    The changes to the MODL will not affect the ability of Australian industry to meet its skill needs through the Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) and Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS). Other arrangements currently in place, including the Critical Skills List (and the priority processing arrangements), will continue until the outcomes of the MODL review are finalised.

    罗列一些清单涉及到的重点部分：

    1）Australia’s population is ageing because of many years of below replacement fertility rates and increasing longevity. As a consequence,in the coming years (without immigration) more Australians will begin to retire than join the labour force. From that point, immigration will be a key source of net labour force growth.

    2）the Government is moving to develop a long term immigration planning framework. Within the framework, it will be important that those skilled migrants we choose are not only young and healthy but also have a high level of education, language and skills. This will ensure that skilled migration contributes both to labour force growth and to the productivity of our labour force.

    3）ones will be in greater demand and continue to place the tertiary education system at the centre of Australia’s economic progress.

    4）it is likely that there will be continuing strong demand for Australia’s mineral resources, particularly from China as it continues the transition towards an industrialized economy. In the most recent boom, inadequate transport infrastructure and a shortage of some skills caused production and distribution bottlenecks.

    5）Available evidence also indicates that immigration does not increase unemployment rates for residents in the medium to longer term.

    6）If this is accepted, it would suggest a new MODL would have the objective of being more targeted and selective than at present, focused on the productivity gains from skilled migration.

    7）Civil Engineer      7/20   7/10 表示这个职业10年内和20年内都有7年短缺

    Mining Engineer  7/20    4/10

    Childcare Coordinator 14     10

    Registered Nurse        16     10

    Physiotherapist              18      9

    Accountant                       11      8

    Motor Mechanic               15      9

    Chef                                  16      9

    Pastrycook                       16     10

    8）The objective of a new MODL is to identify applicants for skilled migration who have the best prospects for making a productive contribution to Australia due to their high level skills which correspond strongly to Australia’s ongoing needs.

    9）By placing a strong emphasis on the capacity of the sponsored program to cater for immediate skills needs, the Government intends to reposition independent skilled migration as a program to meet medium to long term skills requirements.