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Yesterday morning the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, called a general election for 21st August. This, of course, has been expected for several weeks ever since the deposition of the former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. It does mean, though, while the government is in caretaker role, a number of expected policy changes are likely to be put on hold including the long awaited review of the Points Test.

 Following months of rumour and guessing about proposed changes to the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) the Australian Government last Friday issued the first of two discussion papers on the issue. The review is expected to be completed in October.