Australian Immigration Daily News

Building a strong migration advice profession is a tactical process, not a goal. As migration advisers, building on an already robust profession is the systematic process of consolidating the various groups within our migration profession around a specific goal. The specific goal of our profession is to protect, advance, promote, and preserve the Australian migration advice industry.

Part of the profession-building process for the migration advice profession is the guiding and propulsion of all groups into a place of closeness, mutual understanding, and trust, despite our differences. In essence, building the migration advice profession is like setting the “table” for a healthy marriage.

Forging respectful relationships and mutual respect of our professional associations, whether they be Registered Migration Agent (RMA) associations, Law Societies or a mix of lawyers and RMAs requires each of us to engage in the behaviours mentioned above. This will minimise the interpersonal obstacles and personal biases that can hinder overall productivity and growth as a migration advice profession.

The instrument operates to authorise a class of persons who are able to receive the Pledge of Commitment for Australian citizenship (pledge of commitment). Schedule 1 of the Act establishes the form in which a pledge must be undertaken. Subsection 26(1) of the Act requires a person to make a pledge of commitment to Australia before they become an Australian citizen, unless they meet the requirements set out in paragraphs 26(1)(a) to (c) of the Act.

Source: LIN20084.pdf and LIN20084-Explanatory-Statement.pdf

The Office of the MARA have sent the following email for distribution to RMAS:

Please see the following information from Immigration Programs Division. 

On 2 September 2020, the Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, and the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, announced the introduction of a new priority skills list and strengthened labour market testing requirements.  

The new, whole-of-government Global Business and Talent Attraction Taskforce will bring together experts from across the Commonwealth, States and Territories as well as the private sector, as part of the Government’s JobMaker plan.

Senior business leader, Peter Verwer AO, has been appointed as the head of the Taskforce and will be known as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Global Business and Talent Attraction.

The Taskforce will operate as a ‘strike team’ to turbo-charge the creation of jobs by boosting our efforts to attract high value global business and exceptional talent. The initial focus will be on three key sectors: advanced manufacturing, financial services (including FinTech) and health.

Australia is strategically well positioned given its management of the pandemic and our relatively strong economy. We have always been an attractive destination due to our lifestyle, democratic system, clean cities and proximity to Asia. We can use those advantages to bring more global business and talent to our shores and help create more Australian jobs.

Source: New-taskforce-to-create-jobs-by-attracting-business-and-talent-to-Australia---International-businesses--exceptional-talent-will-be-encouraged-under-new-initiative-to-support-post-COVID-recovery--boost-local-jobs.pdf

Source:  Benchmark