An update with you guys who's looking to move here....

Job:-
Super bad! All industries looks gloomy now. People start tighten up their belt. This year is the worst. Melbourne fuel price now is below $1/litre. Can't see this in Perth yet....hopefully this week....hehe.
No local experience means your job hunting would be very tough. I even received CV stated they''re willing to work for free.
No to disrespect, i received hundreds of calls from indian canditates

Majority are male. Malaysian is benefit on bilingual or trilingual.
Be good on your skills and talent. Think out of a box. Be more creative then you'll survive thru the hardtime.
Salary not that great now. Living cost is skyrocketing especially utilities.
groceries, cars, gadgets and internet is good.
rental or mortgage, council fees, utilities is shit.

Wonder how many members here are heading down under this year?

What do you mean?!? Quack Quack Quack?!?

Any chance guys heading over down under this year be able land a job? or like usual start jobfinding for 1 whole year before landing an actual job you are looking for. Instead of jumping from one restaurant to next (or retail as well). That 1 year for those heading over would be like shit, deep shit.

It is hard. U look at the detailed job requirements n some of them r impossible to fulfill unless u were working in same organization. A lot of these jobs u need to know the hiring boss to get in.

For 457, the employer needs to do a local market test to demonstrate they can't hire locals to fulfill that role.  So whether you get a 457 will be dependent on your type of profession.  I came on a 457 and the interview was done on Skype, i.e. coming to Australia on a tourist visa will not increase your chance of getting a job.  It's the profession that matters. 

For example, the infrastructure sector is currently booming and they're desperate for good people.  I know they hired a lot of foreigners from Malaysia and Singapore to fill these roles.

do u both married in the 1st place when applying?
if say she/he met a person who's a PR while the other is not, would falls under spouse visa. we got groups of ppl here who's same situation. happens that need to attach love letters, emails, photo or watsoever to prove the genuine marriage or relationship

I experiencing some dodgy stuff here especially some malaysian bizmen who's acting like ah beng ah seng back home hv no place in Oz. They'll try to use their malaysian style of biz to work out here. Not paying fees or payment to supplier is totally $hit.