New sponsored visa for parents and grandparents

'The Government will introduce a new Temporary Sponsored Parent visa that will provide parents and grandparents a new pathway to reunite with their families'

‘An Australian passport is NOT evidence of a person’s citizenship’

'An Australian passport is not evidence of a person’s citizenship,” said the department, which noted passports were issued to non-citizens prior to a law change in 2005'

‘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'.

‘Turnbull plots against Dutton over eligibility…’

'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'.

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'

‘Nauru blocks transfer of severely depressed refugee to [AU]’

'Three young regional Australians have come up with a brave idea to tackle migration issues and you could win money to implement it'.

‘If China’s on the rise, why do many want out?’

'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'.

‘Class action for Nauru, Manus asylum seekers launched’

'The group will claim they have been subjected to intentional harm at the hands of the Australian government while detained in offshore detention'

PR after 3 years in Regional Areas

'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'

ABF probe involving RMAs and non-RMAs

'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'