Media

'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'

"Villawood's drug crisis revealed: 'Whatever you wanted you could get'".

'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'

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

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

'ABF’s Commander of Field Operations ... said the activity was part of Operation Battenrun, an ongoing ABF operation targeting those facilitating illegal foreign work and organised migration fraud'

'Criminal syndicates are using counterfeiting networks in Malaysia to smuggle people into Australia, exploiting a relaxed visa agreement between the countries'.

The South Australia’s Designated Area Migration Agreements are the the Adelaide Technology and Innovation Advancement Agreement and the South Australian Regional Workforce Agreement

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".

"Australia’s major supermarkets will temporarily be able to offer more hours to international student employees to help keep shelves stocked". It will be interesting to see whether this measure is extended to other industries until the situation is normalised.