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On the other hand, if a Sporean wants to apply for a senior sales job in Australia, he or she will be asked if he/she has local experience, no local experience even if you have 20-30 year sales experience in overseas, that will be disregarded.

Rightly so.  All other nations do that EXCEPT Singapore.  The only exception are for service and knowledge based roles such as nurses and programmers.