‘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 ...'

Migrants could face new AAT rules

'The Courier-Mail reports the review contains a recommendation to put tighter restrictions on late evidence. [It] may also recommend a staffer from ... Home Affairs ... be allowed to come to hearings and explain why visa decisions were made'

Western Australia: new DAMA

'Western Australia’s Goldfields region is set to receive an economic boost with the Morrison Government signing a Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder'

‘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'.

New aged care Labour Agreements

'Aged care providers are now able to hire overseas workers with specialised skills that will support older Australians from multicultural backgrounds'

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'

David Colemas’s priority: migrants in regional communities

'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'.

Plan to outsource visa processing would be ‘dumped’ under Labor

'Plans to offload Australia's visa processing system to the private sector, potentially worth more than $3 billion to the winning company, would be dumped under a Shorten Labor government'

Increased flexibility for international students to support supermarkets

The Federal government has recently announced as follows: "Today the Morrison Government has announced that supermarkets in States and Territories subject to COVID-19 lockdowns...

‘Man arrested for alleged migration fraud’

The giving of a false document to the Department has consequences that might go far beyond a mere refusal based on PIC 4020. It is also a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment for 10 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both