New 5-year subclass 870 sponsored parent visa

'Sponsorship applications can be lodged from 17 April 2019... Once a sponsorship application has been approved, a sponsored parent will be able to apply for a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa. Applications for the visa are intended to open from 1 July 2019'

‘Australia’s big immigration myth’

'PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has taken aim at Australia’s obsession with population growth, saying it is a “fairly irrelevant statistic” and immigration policy is far more nuanced than many of us realise'.

More work & holiday visas available to Singaporeans

'From 1 July 2019, the number of Work and Holiday visas available to Singaporean citizens aged 18-30 will increase from 500 to 2,500 per year'

‘Veterans fighting for protection visas for Afghan interpreters’

'A group of veterans of the war in Afghanistan have vowed to step up their campaign to get Peter Dutton to intervene and grant humanitarian visas to Afghan translators who helped Australian soldiers'.

‘Vietnamese community knows what it’s like to be a refugee…’

'If there's one thing Hahn Do feared more than the pirates who terrorised refugees fleeing post-war Vietnam, it was the violent storms that threatened to smash his fragile boat to pieces'.

‘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'.

‘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'.

Can non-compliance with social distancing lead to cancellation?

"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.

‘Strong growth in Australian citizenship’

'83% increase in citizenship applications finalised in the last six months of 2018 compared with the same period last year'

‘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 ...'