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The National Farmers’ Federation has acknowledged the findings of the Migrant Workers’ Taskforce Report led by Dr Allan Fels AO and cited an agriculture-specific visa as a means to help prevent exploitation and ease the sector's labour crisis.

In the report released today, Dr Fels has made 22 recommendations to protect vulnerable workers including criminal sanctions for ‘serious and egregious’ deliberate exploitation, a bolstering of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s capacity, and the development of a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme.

Federal Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer has given ‘in principle’ support to all 22 recommendations. NFF Chief Executive Officer Tony Mahar said farmers relied on a migrant workforce and the sector had zero tolerance for the exploitation of workers.

LTA will be hosting the Victorian State Government at 12pm EST on 21 March 2019 for a joint 1.5 hour online seminar, streaming direct from Melbourne.   The topic is Skilled and Business Migration and this attracts 1 CPD point.

The speakers from the State Government of Victoria will be: 

Miah Gibson, Director, Skilled and Business Migration Program

An overwhelming majority of women migrants find life in Australia ‘better’ than in their home countries and believe they have more rights than at home.

Most say they have more opportunities here than at home and are more financially independent. And overwhelmingly they say they have more control over their daily lives here in Australia and believe men and women should have equal access to opportunity.

The survey of 140 new women migrants and refugees from non-English speaking countries, commissioned by refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia, also found that migrant women in Australia have more access to a range of services and activities including education, work, women’s health, child care, driving a car and political and religious activity. 

The AAT Bulletin has been released.  Citizenship decisions are on page 4.  Migration decisions are on page 5.

It is recommended that the Bulletin be read on-line. This has the advantage of allowing the reader to use hyperlinks to access the full text of cases and other internet sites mentioned in the Bulletin.

Source: AAT-Bulletin-4-March-2019.pdf