This is so exciting! For your reference:
Australia Immigration Department will accept TOEFL IBT & PTE from 23rd November, 2014. Till now it accepted only IELTS score for English Languages Tests, but come next week, eligible immigration aspirants can take TOEFL IBT & PTE instead of IELTS and submit the score to prove their language proficiency. However, the score has to be equivalent to the IELTS score as given below:
Competent:
IELTS*- 6 or more in all bands(L;R;S;W)
TOEFL IBT*- L- 12 /R-13/ W- 21/ S- 18
PTE Academic *-50 in each band(L;R;S;W)
Read more: http://www.y-axis.com/news/australian-immigration-department-accept-toefl-ibt-pte/
I also came across this article. It might help you: http://toeflcafe.blogspot.com/2010/09/4-reasons-why-succeeding-toefl-is-all.html
