The following are a selection of the responses from the entries received by RMAs to 'the funniest thing' compeition:

The funniest thing from the client that I have heard from the client was when I received a message from one of my Filipino client in which she called me Mr Prime Minister of Australia, Alexander Brodsky, and said that she believed in me more than she does in G-d and asked me to grant her and her family a visa to stay in Australia.

Following the grant of her visa, she attended the office and said that if she had not called me Prime Minister of Australia, the G-d would not have given her and her family a visa to stay in this beautiful country. Every now and then she sends me short messages to thank me and reminds that the G-d will always be on my side.

The Fair Work Ombudsman on Monday revealed it has begun a national review of the 417 visa, which many young people use to work on holidays for up to two years. Ombudsman Natalie James said the review would examine "anomalies" in the system in specific regions where lots of workers take temporary jobs.

It is estimated there are more than one million foreigners with work rights — or 10 per cent of the national workforce — on temporary visas.

FWO Ombudsman, Natalie James said trends showed the number of overseas workers could rise to between 2.5 million and 3.5 million over the next five years, with an expected increase in vulnerable workers seeking help for job issues.

According to the FWO media statement, among the issues the review will focus on were collecting government data to investigate businesses "most commonly" helping workers get the second-year extension, and talking directly to employees.

According to the report, in the past two financial years, the FWO has received about 2000 requests for help from workers on the 417 visas, or one-third of all requests from visa holders.

Cathrine Burnett-Wake Director at Harris Wake an incorporated Legal firm specialising in Australian and New Zealand immigration

The wider MA membership might be interested in a short film that one of our members, Catherine Burnett-Wake (MARN 0324641) produced for the SBS ‘Join in competition’.  It's less than 1-minute long.

The film is titled: ‘What is it to be an Australian?’

The film features a number of Catherine's former clients who she have helped migrate to Australia and who now proudly call themselves Australian.

We're trying to spread the word to help Catherine win the competition. Catherine needs as many views of the video and social media shares and likes using the imbedded icons on the Genero.tv site as she can get.

See link to watch the film:

http://genero.tv/watch-video/38408

If Catherine is fortunate enough to win, any prize money will go towards another film that she is producing, with the same team, about a young Afghani girl and her journey to Australia as an IMA.

I hope members like it and I encourage members to share it with everyone they know to help Catherine win.

The Australian Human Rights Commission president, Professor Gillian Triggs has told the ABC's 7.30 Report that Immigration Minister Scott Morrison's claim that children in detention received daily care was not true and he needed to be "better advised" on what is happening in detention centres. Professor Triggs said there was evidence detained children had tried to poison themselves, despite Mr Morrison's statement the assertions were "sensational".

The third hearing of the commission's inquiry into children in detention last Thursday was told the Immigration Department had advised the independent health provider on Christmas Island not to publish a report that showed alarming rates of mental health issues among child detainees, according to the ABC.

Professor Triggs said there was also evidence children had swallowed detergents or other poisons, put plastic bags over their heads, cut themselves and used the hijab to try to hang themselves.

"The head-banging is very common," she told the ABC's 7:30 program.

She said Mr Morrison needed better advice if he doubted the evidence.

Migration Alliance is in receipt of the following information:

The ACT Occupation List – August 2014 was published today on www.canberrayourfuture.com.au. I have attached (see below at base of this message) a comparison of the occupations now in demand in Canberra, compared with the February 2014 list to assist you.

The Guidelines for ACT nomination of a 190 visa have also been updated with three major changes: