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Australian Immigration News 30 Jan 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Sydney Morning Herald, SBS Online, The Advocate and 2SM report Opposition home affairs spokesperson Kristina Keneally will caution that Australia's reliance on temporary visas is risking a new and detrimental form of social and economic exclusion, during her first major policy speech at the annual Curtin Lecture in Melbourne. Senator Keneally will call on the federal government to reduce temporary visa numbers due to concerns Australia's growing temporary migrant workforce will "undercut wages" and "change who we are as a nation".
- SBS Online reports the Department of Home Affairs' has said its proposal to build and manage a new online visa system to assist in the processing of visa applications “will likely” need legislative change to proceed; however, the proposal is facing political opposition from Labor, the Greens and Centre Alliance over concerns the privatisation of visa processing would undermine the system's integrity.
Kristina Keneally sounds alarm on temporary migrants
Sydney Morning Herald, Other, 29/01/2020
Australia's reliance on temporary visas has created millions of migrants with no stake in the country's future, Opposition home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally will warn on Thursday night, saying the nation is risking a new and damaging form of social and economic exclusion.
Visa outsourcing plan faces uncertain future after Home Affairs advice revealed
SBS.COM.AU, Other, 29/01/2020, Tom Stayner
The outsourcing of Australia's visa system through a $1 billion plan "will likely" need legislative change to go ahead - meaning political opposition could derail its future. A billion-dollar plan to outsource the visa processing system is facing uncertainty with advice from officials warning legislative change is likely to be needed for the overhaul to go ahead.
Australia has become over-reliant on temporary migrants, Kristina Keneally warns
SBS.COM.AU, Other, 30/01/2020, Maani Truu
Labor's home affairs spokesperson will use a speech in Melbourne to argue against allowing temporary migrant numbers in Australia to surge. Australia is relying too heavily on temporary migrants to bolster the workforce at the expense of permanent immigrants, Labor's spokesperson for home affairs will warn during a speech on Thursday night.
Labor warns of new migrant 'underclass'
The Advocate (Hepburn), Other, 30/01/2020, Daniel McCulloch
Australia's reliance on temporary migration risks creating a new and damaging form of social and economic exclusion, Labor's home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally has warned. In her first major policy speech since taking on the portfolio, Senator Keneally will declare Australia has changed from a nation built by permanent residents to an economy reliant on temporary visas.
2SM, 08:00 News, 30/01/2020
Shadow Home Affairs Kristina Keneally is convinced the spike of temporary migrants in Australia is causing economic underclass. She says this is expected to continue as the Morrison Government concurrently cracks down on permanent migration.
Also reported by: 2BH (Broken Hill)
2SM, Breakfast, 30/01/2020, Dave Sutherland
Regular Segment: In the Nation's Capital PM Scott Morrison claims he is open in expanding the controversial community sports grant program. Former Sports Minister Bridget McKenzie is currently under investigation for her handling of the scheme after the Auditor-General accused her of using it as an election slush fund. [...] Labor Senator and Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally claims Australia's reliance on short term and temporary migration is creating an economic underclass in the country.
MIX 104.9, 360, 29/01/2020, Katie Woolf
Interview with Nicole Manison, NT Treasurer, acting Chief Minister. Woolf states the latest CommSec State of the State Report shows the Territory continues to be Australia's worst-performing economy. [...] She further adds that one of the concerns is the Designated Area of Migration Agreement and notes it is alarming they try to put the Territory alongside Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Perth.
Radio Australia (Asia Pacific), Pacific Beat, 29/01/2020, Catherine Graue
Report by Jordan Fennell and Evan Wasuka. Australia has joined some Pacific nations in urging their citizens to reconsider travel to China.
After Brexit, Britain’s hard line on immigration won’t hold
Guardian Australia, Other, 30/01/2020, Jonathan Portes
New proposals won’t mean restricting the numbers of people coming to the UK just a new form of openness Brexit will be "done" by 31 January, except little will change. What the Brexiteers have mistaken for a single moment will in reality be a lengthy and painful process.
Setting a path for 2020 and beyond
BN Western Australia, Other, 29/01/2020, Matt McKenzie
A hiatus in the US-China trade war and an improved economic outlook gives WA leaders an opportunity look to longer-term challenges such as climate change and technological disruption. Lastmonth provided some cause for Western Australians to be optimistic, with the ASX 200 passing 7,000 points and the announcement of a trade deal between the world's two major economic powers.
Tony Robinson down under
SBS.COM.AU, Other, 29/01/2020
Tony Robinson does an entrance examination to see if he'd qualify as an acceptable migrant to Australia. From its earliest days, Australia needed free migrants to grow and prosper, and it needed women.
Experience greater convenience while applying for your Japan visa at three new VFS Global centres in Australia
theindiantelegraph.com.au, Other, 29/01/2020, Macquarie Street
Effective 6 January 2020, the Embassy of Japan in Melbourne will no longer accept application submissions in person from residents in Australia who plan to travel to Japan. Since this date, customers will instead be able to visit any of the three locations to submit their applications.
