Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "Australia is Kicking Out Entrepreneurs" video.

Andrew forgot to mention that they're also forcing locals who got qualified in skilled professions such as engineering, medicine, science, etc. to leave the country due to both taxing the multi-nationals out of the country, over regulating literally everything and then by introducing professional registration for engineers and scientists with stupid requirements that don't even make sense (unrelated to the jobs) and experience requirements that forever change so locals can't comply. At the same time Australia is making it easier for "skilled migrant" workers to come here and do the work without said stupid requirements.
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@Maree2505 Just look up Professional Engineering Registration - each State and Territory is bringing it in. Whilst the registration isn't the end of the world, the requirements to be permitted to register are not inline with the industry nor are they possible for 99% to comply with. The CPD (continuing professional development) requirements are still a big secret but you have to have completed them - the few bits of leaked info mention that its mostly management, accounting and climate categories that form a huge part of the required hours and for CPD to count, it can't be part of your normal day-to-day responsibilities/job but it must be related to your job. This is literally impossible as for those who've already done the courses and who work in small businesses or as consultants, its suddenly part of your day-to-day responsibilities/job and thus doesn't count. Then there's the experience requirements - 3 jobs and 3 different levels across 3 different companies in the 10yrs prior to applying for registration. This is literally not possible as that's not how the industry works, but politicians know better (ha ha). As for the not being allowed to do research - just look at all major university course websites, they detail that all research projects and research that's not PhD must be a rehashing of existing knowledge.
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@Maree2505 Yep, business and arts degrees are a joke in Australia, very easy and very little relevant stuff taught.
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@therock8224 It's not the same, they don't have ever-changing experience requirements that can't be met in the industry nor do they prohibit CPD activities because they happen to relate to your day-to-day job. The US system works, this Australian BS doesn't. Completely different. Also in the US you don't need to update your qualification at TAFE or University each year.
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@jiti5034 If you read this whole comment thread you'll understand what I mean. I'm sick of having to repeat myself because people either can't be bothered reading or because they're trying to be argumentative. The issue is that the rules don't apply equally to locals and migrant workers who are here on visas. Locals are being forced out of the industry whilst foreigners are being given the jobs that are being actively taken from locals. I am comparing apples with apples because migrant workers can remain on visas indefinitely as they don't have to apply for permanent residency or citizenship. Also as I've said before in this comment thread, the experience requirements don't apply to migrant workers. Yes, the CPD requirements are as I said in my previous comments, significantly less for foreigners than they are for locals to the point that it's basically two different systems.
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@jiti5034 They get assessed under significantly easier requirements plus their CPD requirements are only 50hrs over three years and anything related to their job counts. For locals it's 180hrs over 3yrs and only things that are related but not part of your day-to-day job that count. Simply put if a local does CAD/CAM/CAE as they work in a small business then they are unable to complete the CPD requirements for the CAD/CAM/CAE part of the CPD as it's part of their day-to-day job so it doesn't count but a migrant worker doesn't have that problem. For a migrant worker it doesn't matter if it's part of their day-to-day job. Plus migrant workers don't have compulsory annual update/refresher training until they become permanent residents or citizens.
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@jiti5034 First WTF does IE Aust have to do with govt laws? Nothing. This mandatory registration is govt law and has nothing to do with IE Aust. How they stay on visas is simple. The business changes them to a subclass visa for another 8yrs then moves them to a different visa (as a specialist that is otherwise unavailable in Australia) for which there is no time limit, the company just has to continue renewing the visa. Yes as far as professional registration and CPD are concerned, locals have to follow excessively over-the-top requirements and limitations whilst those on visas don't.
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@jiti5034 that's garbage. The issue is that locals must follow a system that forces them out of the job as they can't comply with CPD whilst migrants can come in and the CPD requirements are completely different to the point that it's a sick joke. My issue is that if locals are required to have excessive requirements then so should migrants. One rule for all. As for why people don't always go for PR... Because in certain circumstances it's actually financially better or because they don't want to risk their current citizenship.
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@dodgemf1 Found the American - no such thing as Fox News outside of the US. Unless you've lived in Australia since the 90's (so you could see what it once was) please stop trying to gaslight actual Australian's who''re living the hell that Australia is. The politicians have completely destroyed the place, over regulated literally everything. To be brutally honest, I'm surprise we don't require a licence and annual "refresher/update" course each year just to use a toilet.
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