‘Dutton asked Quaedvlieg to help his mate…’

'Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton pressed then Customs chief Roman Quaedvlieg to help two Queensland policemen get jobs in the new Border Force agency ...'

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'

Aboriginal ‘cannot be treated as an “alien”‘

'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"'

“‘This is our home’: Sydney family facing deportation…’

"'This is our home': Sydney family facing deportation makes plea to stay'.

‘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'.

‘Five face court over alleged fraudulent marriage scam’

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

Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

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

‘Scott Morrison backs Peter Dutton…’

'Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has full confidence in Peter Dutton, despite calls for the Home Affairs Minister to be stood down over the European au pair saga'.

Some students able to work more than 40 hrs / fortnight

"Australia’s major supermarkets will temporarily be able to offer more hours to international student employees to help keep shelves stocked". It will be interesting to see whether this measure is extended to other industries until the situation is normalised.

Housing market in regional AU – ‘Migration key to growth’

'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'.