The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) issued an announcement on 8th February 2010 that new arrangements would be introduced allowing Australian state and territrory governments to nominate overseas visa applicants through a ‘state sponsorship’ program. The Department announced that each Australian state and territory government was to develop a State Migration Plan (SMP) which was to clearly identify occupations that are in demand in that particular state or territory and would therefore deem these to be eligible for nomination. Each SMP was to be approved by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.

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