Agriculture Workers

The new regulations "insert a new Australian Agriculture Worker stream in the Subclass 403 (Temporary Work (International Relations)) visa, to provide for the entry and temporary stay of workers across primary industry sectors including horticulture, meat processing, dairy, wool, grains, fisheries (including aquaculture) and forestry in response to identified labour market gaps and workforce needs in primary industry sectors now and in the future"

New instrument: who may accept pledge of commitment

"The purpose of the instrument is to update the class of persons listed in Schedule 1 of the instrument, who are authorised to receive a pledge of commitment [for Australian citizenship]. In particular, to remove the distinction between..."

Discouraging pro-bono work?

A Bill that discourages practitioners to leave charities and work solely on a non-commercial basis.

Removal of health workforce certificate requirements: part 2

"The amendments made by this instrument enable employers to nominate a proposed occupation in relation to a person with one of the abovementioned ... occupations who is the holder of or who has applied for a Subclass 482 visa or Subclass 494 visa without being required to provide a HWC or HWEC"

Exempt occupations

The new instrument specifies exempt occupations for the following visa subclasses: 482 (TSS), 457, 186, 187 and 494

Citizenship: concession codes and fee payment

The new Regulations 'allow citizenship application fees ... and refunds ... to be paid in foreign currencies and in foreign countries, and [align] the concession codes in Schedule 3 with the concession codes currently employed by the Department of Human Services'

Deregulation Bill: 30 June 2019

The government has proposed in the Senate that the commencement date of the 'Deregulation Bill' be amended from 19 November 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Closure of the Pandemic event visa

The Pandemic event visa will close to all applicants from...

AAT: notice of motion for disallowance of instrument

On 24 August 2021, a Senator gave a notice of motion for disallowance of an important instrument concerning reviews by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal

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