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'

‘Vietnamese community knows what it’s like to be a refugee…’

'If there's one thing Hahn Do feared more than the pirates who terrorised refugees fleeing post-war Vietnam, it was the violent storms that threatened to smash his fragile boat to pieces'.

‘Coroner to investigate refugee self-immolation death’

'An inquest has been announced into the 2016 death of 23-year-old Omid Masoumali'.

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".

‘Asylum seeker’s family to sue over death’

'The family of a young Iraqi father who died after self-harming at an WA immigration detention centre plan to take legal action against the Commonwealth'.

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'

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

‘Labor push to refer Peter Dutton to High Court’

'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'.

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

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

Can non-compliance with social distancing lead to cancellation?

"I will also say a very clear message to those backpackers who may not be adhering to the social distancing rules... [Y]ou will be breaching your visa condition and if we find that out, we will be kicking you out of the country". We discuss whether non-compliance with social distancing rules can in fact lead to a breach of a visa condition and ultimately the cancellation of a working holiday, work and holiday or other visas.

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