The proposed Visa Pricing Table enables you to determine the amount of the first instalment of the Visa Application Charge payable when making your visa application.

How to use the proposed Visa Pricing TableSome visas also include a second instalment of the Visa Application Charge which is due before the visa grant. Please refer to relevant notes under each proposed Visa Pricing Table.

For applicants whose visa requires them to be sponsored or nominated, their sponsor or nominator may also be required to pay certain fees.

The proposed Visa Pricing Table is divided into categories that correspond to what you plan to do in Australia. For example, if you want to visit Australia, you will find the fees and charges for those visas listed under the 'Visit' category. If you want to study, then the fees and charges for those visas will be listed under the 'Study' category.

The categories defined in the proposed Visa Pricing Table are:

• Visit
• Study
• Work
• Live
• Other.

If you cannot locate your visa in the above categories, you may wish to check additional information contained in the Repealed or Closed Visas section.

To determine the amount of the first instalment of the Visa Application Charge payable you will need to know the following information:

• the subclass of the visa you are applying for
• the visa stream you are applying for (if that visa has streams)
• if you currently hold, or have previously held, a visa, the visa subclass
• the number of additional applicants applying with you in a combined visa application, who will be 18 years or over at the time of lodgement of your application
• the number of additional applicants applying with you in a combined visa application, who will be under 18 years at the time of lodgement of your application
• whether you intend to lodge an internet application (if available for your visa) and whether the Non-internet Visa Application Charge applies to your visa
• where you will be at the time of making your application; in Australia or outside Australia
• whether the subsequent temporary application charge applies to your visa application and how many applicants applying at the same time are liable for this charge.

You also will need to check if any Visa Application Charge exemptions apply in your circumstances.

Once you have collected the above information you will be able to calculate fees and charges you are required to pay in order to lodge your visa application.

据《悉尼晨锋报》报道，感染衣原体和淋病的澳洲长者人数正在急剧增加，很多性爱活动频繁的人都不愿使用安全套或者因为觉得尴尬而不愿谈论安全性爱。


   新州家庭规划局的分析显示，过去三年，感染衣原体的40至85岁澳人数量上升了17%，感染淋病的人数则上升了44%。
   家庭规划局表示，去年40岁以上人群中，新增了5563个衣原体案例，每10万人中有大约33人患病，而2010年的新增病例为4733例。

   新州家庭规划局前医学总监、玛丽斯特普国际组织（Marie Stopes International）新任全球医学总监Deborah Bateson表示，虽然与年轻人相比，年长人士的性病感染新增案例依然较少，但这种现象已经越来越突出。

   Bateson说澳洲人口的衣原体感染率已经达到传染病的等级。她说病例增加可能是因为在意识推广活动的影响下有越来越多年长澳人参与了检测。此外，年长澳人觉得他们怀孕的机率低，所以觉得没必要坚持使用避孕套。

   约会网站RSVP与家庭规划局联合进行的一项调查还显示，年龄在51岁以上的单身人士比其他年龄段的人更容易发生“不设防”一夜情或者在第一次约会就上床，这也使得性病感染率大大提高。  




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The Skilled Occupation ListThe Skilled Occupation List (SOL) will change from 1 July 2013, with five occupations to be removed. The SOL determines which occupations are eligible for independent and family sponsored skilled migration.

The updated SOL is based on expert advice from the Australian Workforce Productivity Agency (previously known as Skills Australia). The list of occupations reflects the Australian Government's commitment to a skilled migration program that delivers skills in need in Australia. The SOL will continue to deliver a skilled migration program focused on high value skills that will help to address Australia's future skill needs.

Summary of changes to the SOLThe following changes have been applied to the SOL.

Occupations removed from the SOL

251511Hospital Pharmacist
251513Retail Pharmacist
323111Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics)
323112Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical)
323113Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures)

for more details about this change, please visit http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/skilled-occupation-list.htm

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一个国家心理疾病研究机构的负责人警告称，在澳洲，企图自杀的女童和成年女性比率在不断上升，这种情况在西澳的土著社区中尤为严重，鉴于此，有关方面必须采取行动来防止情况恶化。


据《西澳洲人报》报道称，黑犬研究所（Black Dog Institute）的执行董事、新南威尔士大学心理健康教授克里斯滕森（Helen Christensen）指出，虽然男性的自杀率较高，但企图自杀的女性却比男性要多出许多。


澳洲统计局（ABS）的最新数据显示，在为期一年的时间里，企图自杀的女性是企图自杀男性的近两倍。澳洲统计局就全国心理健康所进行的调查显示，在2007年，共有22600名男性企图自杀，而与此同时，企图自杀的女性则为42700名。


克里斯滕森指出，女童当中企图自杀的比率有所增加，尤其是在土著社区中。她说：“我们在未来一个切切实实的任务就是，研究如何发现并帮助那些企图自杀的女童。她们真的非常不开心，生活在痛苦之中。如果之前企图自杀，那它会成为自杀的一大危险因素。任何一次企图自杀都不是哭求帮助，而是心理痛苦的信号。”


克里斯滕森本周四在柏斯与西澳为年轻人提供免费心理健康服务的机构“聚焦青年”（Youth Focus）共同启动了一系列预防自杀的计划。她指出，由于年轻人面临着许多他们的父辈不曾面临的新压力，所以他们的心理健康问题也越来越多。


“技术和家庭结构发生了翻天覆地的变化。当小孩子进入青春期后，他们的所有焦点都转移到了他们的同龄人身上，而互联网的发达也使他们与他人的联系方式发生了巨大改变。”