Language proficiency
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Report
Skilled migration to South Australia 2010-2014: profile and employment outcomes of recent permanent and temporary migrants
This paper presents results from an analysis of a survey of skilled migrants who were awarded permanent or temporary visas to reside in South Australia between June 2010 and December 2014.
Working paper
Cognitive and non-cognitive abilities of immigrants: new perspectives on migrant quality from a selective immigration country
This study sheds light on migrant quality in Australia using nationally representative survey data.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Are there only 130 Australians of non-Chinese heritage who can speak Mandarin proficiently?
Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen claims that among Australia's population of 25 million, just 130 people of non-Chinese heritage can speak Mandarin at a level good enough to do business.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Will the Government's new citizenship test demand a university-level standard of English?
Tony Burke, the Opposition spokesman for citizenship and multicultural Australia, claims a new language test proposed by the Government would demand the same level of English proficiency that is required for university admission — a standard too stringent
Guide
Civil-military-police language guide: promoting shared understanding
A language guide that ensures that information sourced from the operational level is precise, consistent and unambiguous. Summary The civil-military-police community is as diverse as it is broad. It contains a wide range of actors who employ varying methodologies, use a variety of techniques, utilise unique equipment and often pursue different objectives in service of...