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Australian Immigration News 24 January 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- ABC Online reports a family that was facing deportation due their West Australian-born child's disability is now likely to receive a three-year visa. The family presented a counter argument to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in April 2019 after the Department of Home Affairs concluded there was no sufficient "compelling" or "compassionate" grounds for the child to be granted a health waiver, and the tribunal then "remitted the matter to the department with the direction that he meets the requirements for the waiver of the health requirement", indicating the likelihood that the department will grant a temporary visa.
- Hobart Mercury reports the operators of a rooftop cocktail bar in Melbourne are being accused of underpaying a British bartender in Australia on a working holiday visa. The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against C&H Entertainment Pty Ltd, which operates The Red Hummingbird bar in Melbourne, as well as its company director and manager, claiming the company breached the Fair Work Act by failing to backpay the worker after he was underpaid.
Melbourne bar to face court over wages
The Mercury, Other, 24/01/2020, Benita Kolovos
The operators of a rooftop cocktail bar in Melbourne are being taken to court for allegedly underpaying a British bartender. The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched legal action against C & H Entertainment Pty Ltd, which operates The Red Hummingbird bar in Melbourne's CBD, as well as its company director Don Haris Kumarage and manager Channa Dissanayake.
Kayban Jamshaad, WA child facing deportation over disability, offered hope in form of waiver
ABC Online, Other, 23/01/2020, Anthony Pancia
The family of a West Australian-born child who faced deportation due to his disability is celebrating an "important" ruling that will likely now afford him a three-year visa. Three-year-old Kayban Jamshaad developed serious health complications following his birth in Western Australia.
Also reported by: SBS.COM.AU, WEB MSN Australia (Online)
Quayclean Australia accused of underpaying 25 cleaners
Geelong Advertiser, Other, 23/01/2020, Harrison Tippet
A cleaning company with key contracts for Geelong council-owned venues is fighting legal action launched by the Fair Work Ombudsman over the alleged $100,000 underpayment of 25 cleaners. Quayclean allegedly paid subcontractors Ranvel and Lionheart an insufficient amount to meet employee award entitlements in 2017, with the subcontractors then alleged to have underpaid 25 cleaners a total of $99,637 in the five months to June 30, 2017.
