{"id":51019,"date":"2020-10-10T07:47:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T07:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=51019"},"modified":"2021-12-27T05:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T05:22:05","slug":"a-g-minister-for-immigration-citizenship-migrant-services-and-multicultural-affairs-media-release-new-requirement-to-learn-english-to-maximise-job-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/a-g-minister-for-immigration-citizenship-migrant-services-and-multicultural-affairs-media-release-new-requirement-to-learn-english-to-maximise-job-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/g Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs | Media Release | New requirement to learn English to maximise job prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #333399;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">A\/g Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs | Media Release | New requirement to learn English to maximise job prospects<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43363 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Australia.jpg\" alt=\"Australia\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #003366;\"><strong>THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #003366;\"><strong>ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #003366;\"><strong>MEDIA RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #003366;\">8 October 2020<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #003366;\"><strong>NEW REQUIREMENT TO LEARN ENGLISH TO MAXIMISE JOB PROSPECTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26399 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Alan-Tudge-Headshot-e1588218453499.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Tudge - Headshot\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Morrison Government is introducing new requirements for partner visa applicants and their permanent resident sponsors to make reasonable efforts to learn English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">English is our national language and is critical to getting a job, fully participating in our democracy and for social cohesion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Only 13 per cent of those with no English skills are in work compared to 62 per cent of those who speak English well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">We also know that without sufficient English language skills, migrants are particularly vulnerable to family violence and other exploitation and are less likely to know how and where to seek assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">In the past decade, the number of people in Australia not speaking English well or at all has risen sharply and is reaching a million people, with about half of those being of working age.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Earlier this year, the Government announced the removal of limitations on migrants\u2018 access to free English language classes through the Adult Migration English Program (AMEP). \u00a0Migrants can now access as many hours as they need to reach vocational English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">As part of this week\u2019s Budget, the Government has announced new requirements for partner visa applicants and permanent resident sponsors to make reasonable efforts to learn English. \u00a0Partner visas constitute 90 percent of the family stream of the permanent migration intake. \u00a0The skill stream already has English requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; 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