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  <name>Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions</name>
  <date date="2013-07-05T00:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>52</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Estimates Committee A - Answers to Questions</house>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>457 Visas</name>
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        <heading>457 VISAS</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3124" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Unley</electorate>
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          <question date="2013-07-05">
            <name>457 VISAS</name>
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        <text id="201307052f65ebe20f004017b0000281">In reply to <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI (Unley)</by> (1 July 2013).</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3127" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Employment</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Science and Information Economy</name>
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          <question date="2013-07-05">
            <name>457 VISAS</name>
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        <text id="201307052f65ebe20f004017b0000282">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy):</by>  I can advise:</text>
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        <text id="201307052f65ebe20f004017b0000283">The latest Department of Immigration and Citizenship data shows that occupations in which the South Australian government sponsored migrants were mostly related to the health sector/health professions. These included General Medical Practitioners, Resident Medical Officers and Registered Nurses (Medical and Mental Health) and Dentists:</text>
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              <cell>General Medical Practitioner</cell>
              <cell>130</cell>
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              <cell>Resident Medical Officer</cell>
              <cell>60</cell>
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            <row>
              <cell>Registered Nurse (Medical)</cell>
              <cell>20</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Dentist</cell>
              <cell>10</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Registered Nurse (Mental Health)</cell>
              <cell>10</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Other occupations </cell>
              <cell>20</cell>
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              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell>240</cell>
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