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Can You Report a Neighbour for Abusing a Dog? What Are the Consequences of Animal Cruelty in Australia?
View: Can You Report a Neighbour for Abusing a Dog? What Are the Consequences of Animal Cruelty in Australia?It is well known that Australia has very strict animal protection laws and adopts a zero-tolerance attitude toward animal cruelty.
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Signed the Purchase Contract Only to Discover It’s a Stigmatised Property. What Can You Do If You Were Deceived or Misled?
View: Signed the Purchase Contract Only to Discover It’s a Stigmatised Property. What Can You Do If You Were Deceived or Misled?Many friends working hard in Australia are finally ready to own their own home. However, during the buying process there may be misrepresentations or false statements that mislead the buyer into signing a contract. This article is for friends who are planning to buy property in Australia or are about to do so. These are the “pitfalls” you need to avoid! Keep your eyes open so you don’t suffer a major loss!
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Never falsify a Stat Dec — the consequences can be severe! A legal document used for immigration and many other matters in Australia
View: Never falsify a Stat Dec — the consequences can be severe! A legal document used for immigration and many other matters in AustraliaStatutory Declaration, hereinafter referred to as Stat Decs, can be understood in Chinese as a statutory declaration or statutory statement. It is a legally binding document commonly used in many Commonwealth countries, mainly to swear to and certify that the matters stated are true, and it must be witnessed by an approved witness.
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NSW Strata Schemes Management Act Lifts Pet Ban — How to Resolve Disputes That Still Arise
View: NSW Strata Schemes Management Act Lifts Pet Ban — How to Resolve Disputes That Still AriseThe NSW Strata Schemes Management Act, which came into effect on 25 August 2021, is historically significant for pet lovers. The new rules no longer impose a blanket ban on keeping pets in apartments; instead, reflecting the realities of modern apartment living, they allow households to bring pets into their apartment homes.
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Is Getting Married / Divorced the Same in China and Australia? Do Both Have a Cooling-Off Period?
View: Is Getting Married / Divorced the Same in China and Australia? Do Both Have a Cooling-Off Period?The recently popular variety programme “See You Again” is a marriage documentary reality show. Three couples facing relationship crises board two campervans from episode one and embark on an 18-day journey.
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“I was fined $3,000 because I didn’t know I needed a permit to travel across LGAs for work — can I appeal?”
View: “I was fined $3,000 because I didn’t know I needed a permit to travel across LGAs for work — can I appeal?”During the pandemic, every state announced a raft of restrictions to protect community safety. During lockdowns in particular, the public had to strictly follow the government’s published rules whenever they went out.
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“Is My Boss Forcing Me to Get Vaccinated Before I Can Work?” Can I Sue Him?
View: “Is My Boss Forcing Me to Get Vaccinated Before I Can Work?” Can I Sue Him?All Australian states are currently rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations at full speed. At the current pace, it is expected that by early November the two-dose vaccination rate across Australia (for those aged 16 and over) will reach 70%, and by mid-November it will reach 80%.
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Visa Refused or Cancelled? Act Quickly — an AAT Appeal May Give You Another Chance
View: Visa Refused or Cancelled? Act Quickly — an AAT Appeal May Give You Another ChanceFor international students in Australia, apart from their studies, the issue they care about most is their visa. While study must come first, living far from home on one’s own is never easy. Many students do not fully understand visa requirements, which leads to frequent problems with their student visas. Added to this, some unprofessional agents provide incorrect advice or behave irresponsibly, and as a result student visas can end up being cancelled or refused at the time of an…
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Big News! Opportunities for Accounting/Auditing/Multiple Engineering/ICT Occupations! Australia’s Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List Adds 22 Occupations!
View: Big News! Opportunities for Accounting/Auditing/Multiple Engineering/ICT Occupations! Australia’s Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List Adds 22 Occupations!Just now, Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke announced an important update to the PMSOL (Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List). Unlike the previous two minor adjustments — one adding social work and another adding veterinary science — this time 22 occupations were added at once, bringing the total number of occupations on the PMSOL to 41.
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The Top 5 Soul-Searching Questions I Get Every Time I Answer an Employer Sponsorship Enquiry… “Can I Actually Do It or Not?”
View: The Top 5 Soul-Searching Questions I Get Every Time I Answer an Employer Sponsorship Enquiry… “Can I Actually Do It or Not?”The 2020-2021 financial year is drawing to a close, and many applicants both inside and outside Australia are still struggling for their PR. The quotas for the new financial year are not much different from this year’s, and while skilled migration applicants are hoping for improvement in the next financial year, realistically, we cannot expect dramatic changes. The GTI assessment standards have also become increasingly strict, with unused quota to spare.
