Australian Immigration Daily News

Dear Migration Alliance members,

We are proud to announce a new partnership with small business leader Bartercard. This partnership will give Migration Alliance members an exclusive offer when joining the cashless business marketplace which has 55,000 cardholders world-wide.

Founded in 1991, Bartercard is the operator of the world's largest exchange currently operating in eight countries where members barter-trade over $600 million world-wide each year.

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I just e-mailed 457 management hoping that answer will be given this time. 

Dear Policy Officer/Manager 

Please clarify the standing of the policy in relation to the position of Customer Service Manager ANZSCO 149212.

A decision that was handed down by the Federal Circuit Court on Monday of this week (5 December 2016) highlights the vulnerability of people who are being held in immigration detention and the obstacles that they can encounter when they seek to exercise the rights that are supposedly available to them under the Migration Act. 

The case was Singh v Minister for Immigration & Anor (2016) FCCA 3060. This was the story:

Mr Singh was in immigration detention for reasons that are not explained in the Court’s judgment.

Is there anything you can do when the odds seem to be hugely stacked against your client?

When it looks like there’s practically no possibility of getting a positive outcome?

A case that was handed down by the Federal Court yesterday, 7 December, Tesic v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) FCA 1465 shows that what may appear to be impossible on the face of a situation can actually (at least some times!) be overcome. And that if you never give up, turn over every stone, and put every relevant document under the microscope, then yep, you may have a shot at pulling off what may seem like a miracle.