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'Sponsorship applications can be lodged from 17 April 2019... Once a sponsorship application has been approved, a sponsored parent will be able to apply for a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa. Applications for the visa are intended to open from 1 July 2019'

'The individual is alleged to have engaged with several complicit Registered Migration Agents to lodge applications with the Department of Home Affairs, sponsoring individuals for positions in businesses that do not exist'

'Lawyers... say they will press for a legal precedent [at the High Court] that a "member of the Aboriginal race of Australia" under the constitution cannot be treated as an "alien"'

'Speaking to SBS, David Coleman said his priority is to get migrants to struggling regional communities. But, he hasn't forgotten about controversial plans to toughen citizenship requirements'.

'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'.

On 4 March 2019, Australia and Indonesia sign the IA-CEPA, a Free Trade Agreement which, once implemented in Australia through domestic law, might create an exception to the Labour Market Testing requirement for Indonesian workers

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

'A parliamentary inquiry has found ... unlawful RMAs ... are exploiting visa applicants'

'Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has been texting and calling Liberal MPs to urge them to refer Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to the High Court'.

'Skilled workers will be able to apply for permanent residency if they live and work in regional areas for three years, in a bid to lure migrants from cities'