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The AAT has asked Migration Alliance to distribute the following message:

On 1 July 2015, the Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal (MRT-RRT) and Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) were merged with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The AAT now plans to retire the website addresses of the former tribunals:

• Migration Review Tribunal – Refugee Review Tribunal: http://www.mrt-rrt.gov.au
• Social Security Appeals Tribunal: http://www.ssat.gov.au

The content of these sites is now fully incorporated into the AAT’s website: http://www.aat.gov.au. All pages will have aat.gov.au addresses and any users accessing the old web addresses will be automatically redirected to the relevant page on the AAT website.

In my most recent article last week, I made some observations about how frustrating, even heartbreaking, it can be when the Department and the Tribunal assess a partner visa application with a skeptical, perhaps “cynical” eye.  

It would be hard to imagine anything much worse, in the context of migration law, than for people who genuinely love each other and want to spend their lives together in Australia, to have their partner visa refused because the Department does not accept that a relationship is genuinely genuine.  As RMAs, a big part of our job is to help people’s dreams come true. So how disappointing and devastating must it be when a legitimate partner visa application gets “knocked back”? 

At the same time, we all recognize that the Department does have a legitimate task to do in relation to partner visas.  Unfortunately, not every partner visa application is the product of a genuine relationship. And it surely can’t be argued that the Department has a perfectly proper role to play in “separating the wheat from the chaff” by screening out partner visa applications where the relationship is not genuine. 

New visa classes aimed at attracting talented and highly educated people are set to be introduced in Australia next year, according to a statement from the office of the minister for immigration.

The first is the entrepreneur visa. As part of a larger AU$1 billion innovation agenda of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the new entrepreneur visa (together with tax breaks for start-ups) is seeking to unleash an ‘ideas boom’ and wean the economy away from its dependence on the mining sector. The second new visa subclass is expected to be one that aims at retaining 'high-achieving' students in Australia after the completion of their studies.

“This is all about unleashing the ideas boom. Unlike a mining boom, it is a boom that can continue forever, it is limited only by our imagination… The more high-quality, effective, productive enterprising entrepreneurs we can attract, the better. Because they drive jobs.” Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.

The new Entrepreneur Visa will be available for emerging entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and financial backing to develop their ideas in Australia noted the minister’s statement. It said that Australia’s overseas networks will be leveraged to actively encourage entrepreneurial and innovative talent to come to Australia.

Turnbull said there would be no cap placed on the number of new entrepreneur visas designed to attract innovative talent. He also indicated that changes are being considered to retain high achieving foreign students.

Melbourne and Sydney have been ranked among top 10 cities preferred by students while Canberra and Brisbane moved up the ranks to be counted among the be worlds best 20 ahead of the likes of New York, Madrid, and Beijing.

The best place to get a degree in Australia, is Melbourne according to QS Annual Survey of the best cities in the world to be a student in 2016.

While Melbourne scored full marks for job prospects, a diverse mix of students and good quality of life, it was edged out for the top spot by Paris due to the greater variety the European city offered.

Melbourne, scored highly on the “student mix” part of the list’s criteria, which is calculated based on the relative size and diversity of each city’s student population while also taking into account the levels of social inclusion and tolerance.

Sydney ranked fourth, with students pointing to the quality of life and sunshine as key reasons for their choice. Australia’s biggest city is becoming a hub of sorts for fashion students and the – it’s the only city on the list to boast an annual duck fashion show.