Australian Immigration Daily News

The instrument repeals Migration (LIN 20/103: Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) Visa – Regional Australia and Specified Work) Instrument 2020 (LIN 20/103) (F2020L00224) made under subitem 1225(5) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (the AIA). Subsection 33(3) of the AIA states that where an Act confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument of a legislative or administrative character, the power shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend, or vary any such instrument.

The instrument operates to specify places and kinds of work for the definitions of regional Australia and specified work in subitem 1225(5) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations, respectively, for the Working Holiday (Temporary) (Class TZ) visa (Class TZ visa). Paragraphs 417.211(5)(a) and 417.211(6)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations require an applicant for a second or third Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa (Subclass 417 visa) within the Class TZ visa, to have carried out a period or periods of specified work in regional Australia.

Source: LIN20182.pdf and LIN20182-explanatory-statement.pdf

The following email has been received this morning:

The Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs has provided a limited number of visa nomination places to the Victorian Government up until the Federal Budget is delivered on 6 October 2020.

We are preparing to re-open with new policies and nomination criteria to support Victoria’s economic recovery and the public health response.

The following message is on the College of Law website:

The College of Law announces today that its arrangement with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) on the important work of the Migration Agents Capstone Assessment will conclude on 31 December 2020 as per our Agreement. 

The College established the Capstone assessment at a time when the Department was implementing a new regime for testing and licensing of migration agents. The Capstone is now fully established and the College is pleased with its contribution to the Migration Agents registration regime. We wish the Department well with its oversight of the important work which migration agents do on behalf of the Australian community. 

Source: https://benchmarkinc.com.au/web/

Turkish Consul-General Sarik Ariyak, aged 50, and his bodyguard, Engin Sever,aged 28, were shot outside a residence on Portland Street, Dover Heights, about 9.45am on Wednesday 17 December 1980.Mr Ariyak and Mr Sever were leaving the residence in separate vehicles, when they were approached by two unknown men, who fired multiple shots at close range before fleeing the area on a motorcycle.

Mr Ariyak died at the scene, and Mr Sever died a short time later at St Vincent’s Hospital.

Despite extensive investigations by police at the time and over the years, no one has ever been charged.