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'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'.

'The number of permanent migrants accepted into Australia each year is expected to be capped at 160,000, 30,000 fewer than previous targets'

'Regional employers and skilled migrants wanting to live and work in regional areas will be given access to priority processing on visa applications'

'President Trump's US administration plans new regulation to allow authorities to keep immigrant children in detention for longer than the current 20-day limit'.

"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.

"Changes to the Minister of Religion Labour Agreement settings will allow religious institutions to sponsor overseas workers under the additional occupation of 'Religious Assistant'"

'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'.

'The federal government is interested in directing migrants to regional areas rather than Sydney or Melbourne, Immigration Minister David Coleman says'.

'The Government has shut down its visa processing operations in Iran after it was warned some migration agents were boasting of corruptly obtaining visas'

'Resettling refugees from South-East Asia has proven a boon for one regional Victorian economy'.