Neither of them is going solo any more!
In a move that will add some much needed equity and competition to Australia’s English language testing market, Senator Chris Evans, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has given in-principle approval for rival tests to IELTS to be used for checks of English proficiency when overseas students or [...]

DIAC has announced its new arrangements for the provision of evidence for English language ability. Applicants for the following GSM subclasses have until the time of decision to provide evidence of their English language ability.

Skilled – Independent (Residence) visa (subclass 885)
Skilled – Sponsored (Residence) visa (subclass 886)
Skilled – Independent (Migrant) visa (subclass 175)
Skilled – Sponsored (Migrant) [...]