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'.

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'.

‘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'

COVID-19: travel ban expanded to Iran

According to several media outlets, the travel ban currently in place for travellers arriving in Australia from China will be expanded on Sunday, 1 Mar 2020, to include travellers arriving from Iran. An article from the Sydney Morning Herald includes the following passage: "As with the existing travel restrictions to mainland China, Australian citizens, residents and their immediate family will still be able to come back to Australia from Iran, but they must self-isolate for 14 days".

‘Peter Dutton attacks Roman Quaedvlieg…’

'Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has hit back at the former Australian Border Force (ABF) commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg, telling Parliament he was "discredited and disgraced".

‘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 ...'

‘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'.

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'

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

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