Possibly moving to Melbourne, AUS - ??'s

[utahmama]

DH has just been told that if he wants a job in Melbourne it's his! He has been traveling there quite a bit and we're really interested. So my question is-how can I find out if there are vaccinations that are required for us to relocate there? Are there any vaccines that I should be concerned about getting for protection b/c of possible exposure?
My 2yo has not had one single vax. My 4 yo has had some, but not any since he was a babe. I'm not going to NOT vax, just have delayed and still haven't gotten around to getting some of them.
Thanks for any help you can give!

[Marnica]

Vaccination is nor compulsory in AU I don't believe, so you don't have to get any...

[Dustyblue]

Hi from Melbourne

Nope, there are no vaccs to get coming over here. I know of people from england having to have chest xrays to check for tb but I don't think that's standard for everyone.

Your DH would be on a 457 Visa if you did come over, just google the requirements for that, the aust govt websites should have plenty of info.

[BetterTogether]

We were researching this recently since Australia is great about not requiring vaccines...The only thing I came across is that if you've been in certain locations within 5 days of entering the country, you are required to get a yellow fever vaccine (Singapore, etc). There was another recommended one that I can't remember also. The easy fix to that, of course, is just getting a direct flight and not going through a "danger" zone, iykwim

[japonica]

We emigrated here last year. We have permanent residency visas. I'm not sure what's involved with a 457, but we had to go through medicals for ours and get assessed for migration. Both kids received a "B" grade (instead of "A" grade) for not having any vaccinations, but it didn't result in us being denied a visa.

Here is the Australian schedule:

http://immunise.health.gov.au/intern.../Content/nips2

Here is where you can find notifiable disease info:

http://www9.health.gov.au/cda/Source/CDA-index.cfm

As for health issues etc., there seems to be a lot of pertussis around here...check how many cases were reported last year. We just had it in our house, thankfully that's over with.