Priority processing for regional areas

'Regional employers and skilled migrants wanting to live and work in regional areas will be given access to priority processing on visa applications'

‘Five face court over alleged fraudulent marriage scam’

'The Australian Border Force ... has shut down an elaborate contrived marriages syndicate operating out of Sydney'.

More work & holiday visas available to Singaporeans

'From 1 July 2019, the number of Work and Holiday visas available to Singaporean citizens aged 18-30 will increase from 500 to 2,500 per year'

Coalition to freeze refugee intake if it wins election

'Australia's refugee intake will be frozen at current levels for three years under a coalition government'

Faking IDs to obtain AU visas

'Criminal syndicates are using counterfeiting networks in Malaysia to smuggle people into Australia, exploiting a relaxed visa agreement between the countries'.

‘Housing market thrives in regional areas…’

'Regional housing markets are surging in some areas as the effects of the Sydney and Melbourne booms trickle down to those outside the major cities'.

Expansion of the Accredited Sponsor Scheme

'The Accredited Sponsor Scheme, which allows rapid processing of skilled visas, is to be substantially expanded... employers that have invested in the past five years at least $50 million into their Australian business will now be eligible for the Scheme'

‘Migration overhaul: Regional needs to…’

'Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cleared the ground for a migration overhaul that confronts surging growth in Sydney and Melbourne, using regional rules to set a different approach for each part of the country'.

“Daughters of Tamil family in detention ‘suffering…”

'Australia's Tamil Refugee Council say detention is playing on the health of a family facing deportation to Sri Lanka'.

COVID-19: travel ban expanded to Korea

"These actions are based on advice that the volume of reported COVID-19 cases in the Republic of Korea, and the scale of travel to Australia from the Republic of Korea, means that they present a high risk of further transmission of COVID-19 in Australia".