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(subclass 187) visas and (iii) any other visas which the ACT Government has involvement in or contributes to in some way; during each financial year since 2013-14 to date have been broken down by stream.
Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
The total number of applications that have been (a) received and (b) rejected for (i) skilled nominated (subclass 190) visas, (ii) regional sponsored migration scheme (subclass 187) visas and (iii) business investment (subclass 188) visas is summarised in the below three tables.
Table 1: Skilled Nominated (190) applications
|
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018 to 18/04/19 | |
|
Received |
1031 |
506 |
641 |
945 |
1372 |
886* |
|
Rejected |
147 |
69 |
118 |
177 |
190 |
228 |
* Since the program reopened on 29 November 2018, nearly 2,000 candidates have received an invitation to lodge an application, with approximately 750 lodging a formal application as at 18 April 2019.
Table 2: Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187) applications
|
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018 to 18/04/19 | |
|
Received |
398 |
397 |
406 |
439 |
605 |
105 |
|
Rejected |
40 |
48 |
58 |
54 |
81 |
20 |
Table 3: Business innovation and Investment (subclass 188) applications
|
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
2018 to 18/04/19 | |
|
Received |
7 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
19 |
11 |
|
Rejected |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Light rail—launch
(Question No 2488)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport, upon notice, on 5 April 2019:
(1) In relation to the Light Rail Stage 1 community launch party planned for Saturday 20 April 2019, what date invitations (a) were or (b) will be sent to (i) Ministers, (ii) Members of the Legislative Assembly, (iii) public servants, (iv) businesses, (v) unions, (vi) community organisations, (vii) media entities and (viii) any other relevant category of attendee.
(2) In relation to part (1), can the Minister advise for those (a) invited and (b) attending (i) names of Ministers, (ii) Names of Members of the Legislative Assembly, (iii) number of ACT Government public servants and the name of the directorate or agency to which they are attached, (iv) names of business, unions, community organisations, media entities, or other groups in attendance and number of attendees per entity and (v) any other relevant categories of attendees, and include (A) the name of the organisation or business and (B) the number of attendees per organisation or business.
(3) In relation to the Light Rail Stage 1 community launch party planned for Saturday 20 April 2019, what is the nature or structure of the launch, including (a) what activities will be on offer, (b) the location of the event, (c) the expected number of attendees, (d) whether any entertainment will be provided or entertainers will perform; if so, the
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