This really depends. Yes, if you already have permanent residency in Australia, finding work would probably be easier than doing it in the US. However, even the top MBA programs in Australia don't have stellar placement statistics for careers in energy; by filtering Linkedin for oil workers in Australia neither AGSM or Melbourne ranks highly -- the University of Western Australia is the top school, at least here. (sidenote to Duncan: I'm not able to locate career reports for either AGSM or Melbourne... could you post the links here?)
If the energy sector was your goal and you didn't care about location, perhaps a US school like Duke, McCombs, or UNC Kenan-Flagler, where 90% of grads have jobs within 3 months of graduation, might be a better idea. I think that the placement success of these schools will likely outweigh the benefits you'd have with your permanent residency in Australia.
However, I'm not sure if your career goals involve the energy sector or not.
This really depends. Yes, if you already have permanent residency in Australia, finding work would probably be easier than doing it in the US. However, even the top MBA programs in Australia don't have stellar placement statistics for careers in energy; by filtering Linkedin for oil workers in Australia neither AGSM or Melbourne ranks highly -- the University of Western Australia is the top school, at least here. (sidenote to Duncan: I'm not able to locate career reports for either AGSM or Melbourne... could you post the links here?)
If the energy sector was your goal and you didn't care about location, perhaps a US school like Duke, McCombs, or UNC Kenan-Flagler, where 90% of grads have jobs within 3 months of graduation, might be a better idea. I think that the placement success of these schools will likely outweigh the benefits you'd have with your permanent residency in Australia.
However, I'm not sure if your career goals involve the energy sector or not.