The bar chart illustrates the number of people from other countries working in Australia from 1992 to 2001. Overall, it is clear that the immigration of temporary workers has an upward trend, while the permanent one decreased in the period of 10 years.
In 1992, the majority of people who work long-term reached a peak at forty thousands, then it went down sharply by almost a half and hit the bottom with just under fifteen thousands people who still working in 1994. After that, an increase is witnessed in this field next two years, around twenty thousands of workers. Meanwhiles, temporapy settlers showed an unfluctuated trend with approximate fifteen workers from 1992 to 1996.
Between 1997 and 2001, the inflow of foreign workers which is permanent rose steably by more than fifteen thousands unit. There was a rise witness in the number of short-term workers, however, it was more sigfinicant. With just about fifteen thousands people in 1996, the immigration was doubled in just one year and keep going up in the period. Finally, it reached the highest point in 2001 with more than forty-five people working.