The Big move

They must have tightened up the policies in the last 6 years.    My son (mid 30's) arrived here with his back pack and a visitor visa.  He made direct contact with a couple of organisations in his line of work, was offered a job after a few tries, and got his work permit from the local office all within a three month period.   He later moved to a different organisation and it was just a matter of updating his work visa (at a cost of course). He is non qualified and not on any skill shortage list.   

I know they are a lot stricter in Australia and yes you cannot look for work there whilst on a visitor visa,  (as shown on the Border Security TV programmes where many airport arrivals are caught out)