Industry Updates

'Are you aware of our state nomination pathway for temporary skilled workers in South Australia?'

CPA Australia's skills assessment fees will increase from 1 July 2019

The new Subclass 494 visa will "replace" subclass 187 on 16 November 2019. However, that does not necessarily mean that 187 nomination and visa applications must be made before that date.

'There will be a systems outage from 9pm Friday 1 March to 12 noon Saturday 2 March 2019 (AEDT) unless noted otherwise'

"The purpose of the instrument is to amend IMMI 18/037 to remove references to “regional Australia” as defined under subregulation 5.19(16) of the Regulations. As part of the package introducing new regional visas, a new instrument ... specifies the parts of Australia that are regional Australia under subregulation 5.19(16) of the Regulations. Amending IMMI 18/037 to remove references to regional Australia ensures two instruments that specify regional Australia for the purposes of subregulation 5.19(16) do not operate concurrently".

Increased Tribunal application fees effective 1 July 2019

Federal Court: "The Minister has acted unlawfully. His actions have unlawfully deprived a person of his liberty. His conduct exposes him to both civil and potentially criminal sanctions, not limited to a proceeding for contempt. In the absence of explanation, the Minister has engaged in conduct which can only be described as criminal".

With respect, it appears that Parliament did not consider some unintended, but potentially significant, consequences of the "deregulation legislation". For instance, the Department will no longer be required, in some circumstances, to communicate with non-RMA lawyers, even if informed that they are both the representative and authorised recipient, as we explain in this article. It is true that, although the Department will not be required to communicate with the non-RMA lawyer in those circumstances, it might be very likely to do so anyway. However, who would like to take the risk, even if very low?

'Labour Hire companies are excluded from accessing endorsement under the SA DAMA'

That the TSMIT be raised to $62,000 is 1 of 21 recommendations by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, following an inquiry into the 'effectiveness of the current temporary skilled visa system in targeting genuine skills shortages'