Australian Immigration Daily News

The instrument operates to specify a class of persons who are “fast track applicants”.

The specification will become relevant if a person in that class of persons makes an application for a protection visa, as they will be subject to the processing of their protection visa and any available review rights as a fast track applicant.

A “protection visa” is defined to mean the visa classes provided for in section 35A of the Act, which includes all permanent protection visas and temporary protection visas, including safe haven enterprise visas.

The following is the address to the MIA regional conference today in Adelaide by THE HON SHAYNE NEUMANN MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND BORDER PROTECTION:

Neumann-at-the-MIA-Conference.pdf

In bizarre news today.... 

No......this fugitive was not trying to apply for a Bridging Visa E to leave Australia lawfully.  He was instead apprehended in the Torres Strait trying to leave Australia on a jet ski!

A joint operation between the Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Queensland Police Service (QPS) has resulted in the arrest of a fugitive allegedly attempting to flee Australia on a jet ski.

Between 2017 and 2018:

The number of people living in Australia's Greater Capital Cities increased by 307,800 (or 1.9%).

The number of people living outside capital cities increased by 83,200 (1.0%). Capital city growth accounted for 79% of Australia's total population growth.