This new point system was released last month. I was pretty much occupied with my exam at that time and delay of updating it into this blog.
The new system is a bit shocking to me. Major changes to the new system is that occupation point is no longer in the point system. It mean that those occupation such as engineer, accountant which deserve 60 points in the old system is no longer accountable into new system. The total point score for this new system is 65 points. It sound lesser points however it is actually tougher than previous system which required to meet min 120 points. IELTS score of 6 is not longer getting any point in the new system. Instead, only score 7 for each component will get 10 points. This changes is pretty have big impact towards those international student especially from Asia region.
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/points-fact.pdf
