Australian Immigration Daily News

The Labor Party have issues the following media release:

Australian startups face skills shortage because of Govt's job - Startup Talent Gap report shows skills shortage issues have plagued digital economy for years without recognition or action.

Skills shortage issues have plagued our digital economy for years without recognition or action by the Liberals, and last year’s sudden skilled migration changes sent shockwaves of uncertainty through the business, innovation, and education sectors.

Former Justice of High Court of Australia Hon Ian Callinan AC QC will undertake review, required under section 4 of Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal was amalgamated with the former Social Security Appeals Tribunal, the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal in July 2015, following the commencement of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act,” the Attorney-General said.

Source: Review-of-AAT.pdf

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1.1. Processing times

Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) processing team within the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is processing TSS visa applications within two months. 

• 482 Temporary Skill Shortage      Short-Term         57 days 64 days
• 482 Temporary Skill Shortage      Medium-Term  55 days 63 days

 The following General Information is available for TSS Visa applicants.  This information is current as of 26 July 2018:

Written by Silvia Levame - CPD Trainer in the Migration Advice Profession

I have read, with great interest, the Hansard transcripts of the Joint Standing Committee of Migration regarding ‘Efficacy of current regulation of Australian migration agents’ of Monday 16 July 2018.

On Page 10 of the Joint Standing Committee on Immigration, Mr Neumann referred to page 27 of Ms Markey’s submission, where she expressed that she was ‘gravely concerned about the direction re CPD programs and provision through deregulation’ and was asked to expand on her concerns about what migration agents are actually getting in terms of their continuing practice and development.