Australian Immigration Daily News

Below is a link to the AAT's Annual Report for 2018:

http://www.aat.gov.au/about-the-aat/corporate-information/annual-reports/2017-18-annual-report

The first visa has been issued under the government’s new Global Talent Scheme, a quarter of the way into the 12-month pilot program. Queensland-based tech scale-up SafetyCulture recently received a visa for a product manager from the US in what is believed to be the first issued under the new scheme.

But concerns still surround the startup stream of the scheme, with one immigration lawyer saying the current format is “absolutely nonsensical” and “is going to fail”.

The Global Talent Scheme was launched in July after being announced to placate a tech sector that had been left shocked and outraged after the axing of the popular 457 visa scheme.

Migration Agents will be particularly interested in this latest circulation from Jason Clare in the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia's House of Reps:

A Bill for an Act to give Australian workers a fair go in trade agreements and to fix the way the Commonwealth negotiates them, and for related purposes!

The bill will improve the way that the Australian Government negotiates trade agreements by prohibiting the inclusion of clauses that undermine the temporary skilled migration system and the protection of public services and allow foreign corporations to sue the Australian Government. It will also increase independent assessment and scrutiny of trade agreements.

Migration Alliance has received the following information in the last half an hour:

The Department of Training and Workforce Development’s Migration Services is pleased to advise that a new Graduate stream is now available for Western Australian State Nomination through the State Nomination Migration Program.

The new stream is available to:

On 18 September 2018 the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon David Coleman MP announced the opening of the Fostering Integration Grants.

These grants will help local community organisations to deliver programs & activities that give migrants best chance of succeeding assisting them to integrate into Australian economic, social & civil life.

An integrated and cohesive multicultural Australia includes migrants who: