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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

'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'.

'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'

'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'

'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'

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

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

'The Government will introduce a new Temporary Sponsored Parent visa that will provide parents and grandparents a new pathway to reunite with their families'

SA Premier 'has called for the prime minister to consider expanding Designated Area Migration Agreements'

'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'.