Goldfields Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA)

*Advertising the position / Labour Market Testing:   

For most nominations, the advertising will reflect the requirements for standard 482 nominations and must be done:

• within the 4 months immediately before lodging a nomination application
• if within 4 months before lodging the nomination application, and if the sponsor or an associated entity has made any Australian citizen or permanent resident workers redundant or retrenched them from positions in the nominated occupation, the advertising must have occurred  since the date that these events occurred. Note: when this occurs, information about these redundancies or retrenchments must also be provided.

Advertising of the nominated position must meet all of the below:

• the advertisement was in Australia, in English and included the following information:
  • the title, or a description, of the position. Note, multiple positions in one advertisement are acceptable
  • the skills or experience required for the position
  • the name of the approved sponsor or the name of the recruitment agency being used by the sponsor and
  • the salary for the position – if the annual earnings for the position are lower than AUD96,400. Note: it is acceptable to publish a salary range—for example AUD80,000 to AUD90,000.
• at least 2 advertisements were published in any of the below:
  • on a prominent or professional recruitment website with national reach (for example jobactive.gov.au) that publishes advertisements for positions throughout Australia.
    • industry specific recruitment websites relevant to the occupation that are in significant use by the industry are an acceptable method of LMT advertising.
    • a general classifieds website or an advertisement solely through social media notification (such as Twitter or Instagram) are not acceptable methods. LinkedIn’s online recruitment platform is acceptable for LMT purposes. Job vacancies restricted to LinkedIn profile members only are not acceptable for LMT purposes.
  • in national print media—that is, newspapers or magazines with national reach that are published at least monthly and marketed throughout Australia
  • on national radio with national reach;  or
  • on the business’ website if the sponsor is an accredited sponsor.
• advertisements including on websites, are expected to have run for at least 4 weeks.
• applications or expressions of interest for the advertised position must have been accepted for at least 4 weeks.

Note:

• the nominated position may be advertised in the same medium (such as newspaper advertisements – on two separate occasions) or in any two different mediums simultaneously, or on two separate occasions
• advertising may have been undertaken by a third party if authorised to do so by the sponsor (for example, an associated entity or a contracted party, such as a recruitment agency) – there is no requirement that the sponsor placed the advertisement themselves.