MELBOURNE: Malaysians are among thousands of foreign accountants imported by the Australian government through its skilled migration programme, despite one of its own departments warning the industry has a surplus.
Accountants are still included on an Immigration Department list of needed professions for Australia and on that basis, nearly 7,000 were given permanent visas in 2011-12 – the biggest single occupation group.
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