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Australian Immigration News 23 January 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- West Australian reports the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA's biannual economic forecast has recommended investigating a number of changes to boost WA's economy, including lessening the stamp duty burden, deregulation of shopping hours and a loosening of migration restrictions.
- SBS Online reports a 98-year-old woman who has lived in Australia for the past 12 years on an aged-parent visa is facing possible deportation to India after her visa application was refused in November last year when she failed her mandatory health check. The family has filed an appeal before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal seeking reversal of the decision.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA's chief economist Aaron Morey unveils bold solutions to boost WA economy
West Australian, Other, 23/01/2020, Josh Zimmerman
Lessening the stamp duty burden, deregulation of shopping hours and a loosening of migration restrictions should all be examined to drag the WA economy out of stagnation. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA's biannual economic forecast paints a picture of a State stuck in neutral and calls on government "at all levels" to ease the tax burden and embrace reform to leave more money in the pockets of households and business owners.
TRC election candidate wants to advocate for migrants
Toowoomba Chronicle, Other, 22/01/2020, Tom Gillespie
A toowoomba small business owner plans to advocate for the needs of migrants and resettled refugees if elected to the council. J and R Asian Groceries owner Rita Toledo Clarke has announced her candidacy for the 2020 TRC election, putting forward a single issue campaign around migrant residents. Mrs Clarke, who moved from the Philippines in the 1990s and has lived in Toowoomba since 2003, said the region was incredibly welcoming of refugees and migrants.
98-year-old grandmother faces deportation to India after living in Australia for 12 years
SBS.COM.AU, Other, 22/01/2020, Avneet Arora
A grandmother who has lived in Australia for 12 years is facing deportation to India after being denied a visa and told she would be a financial burden on the health system. A 98-year-old woman who has called Australia home for the past 12 years has been threatened with deportation to India, a country where she has no one that she can call her own. Originally from the western Indian state of Goa, Esmeralda Rosario arrived in Australia on a tourist visa in 2007. She received an indefinite bridging visa a year later after her family applied for her aged-parent visa.
