Australian Immigration Daily News

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is reviewing the Australian and New Zealand Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). 

Consultation has commenced with an opportunity for users to provide feedback on the following topics:

•             how skills are reflected in ANZSCO, and

Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:

“The Australian Government makes decisions on COVID related issues after considering the latest medical advice.

“The Chief Medical Officer has advised it is no longer necessary for travellers to declare their vaccine status as part of our management of COVID.

“Unvaccinated Australians, as well as certain groups of visa holders, have been able to travel to Australia for some time.

“We will continue to act on the medical advice as needed.”

Source: Changes-to-requirements-for-international-arrivals.pdf

Tomorrow, William Levingston, son of Accredited Specialist Immigration Lawyer, and Founder of Migration Alliance, Christopher Levingston, makes his CPD presenter debut with Legal Training Australia.  William is also an immigration lawyer, and has a striking resemblance to his father!

To attend William's "Code of Conduct" webinar workshop tomorrow, please book here: https://legaltrainingaustralia.com/webinar-cpd/

The purpose of the instrument is to amend LIN 18/036 to update the manner by which businesses advertise positions.

The amendment removes the Jobactive website (http://www.jobactive.gov.au) as the mandatory manner for advertisement, and replaces it with the Workforce Australia website (https://www.workforceaustralia.gov.au).

Source: LIN22064.pdf and LIN22064-Explanatory-Statement.pdf

For subsection 262(2) of the Act, the purpose of the instrument is to:

- determine the daily amount for a person in immigration detention, which reflects the current minimum cost to the Commonwealth of keeping and maintaining a person per day;

- specify each place for which the daily amount applies, which must be a place used to keep the person in immigration detention; and

- specify the period during which the daily amount applies for the specified places.

The instrument updates the matters specified in Migration (Daily Maintenance Amount for Persons in Detention) Determination Instrument (LIN 20/037) 2020 (F2020L01342), which ceases to determine a daily maintenance amount for a period after 30 June 2022.

Source: LIN22031.pdf and LIN22031-EXPLANATORY-STATEMENT.pdf