Australian Immigration Daily News

Migration makes a substantial contribution to Australia’s economic prosperity, national wellbeing and social cohesion.  It impacts across many aspects of Australian life including employment, education, population, and infrastructure. Australia’s permanent Migration Program is designed and managed to support Australia’s interests. Migration contributes to the economy by bringing in skills, innovation and international connections, as well as consumers of local goods and services.

Cultural diversity continues to be one of Australia’s greatest strengths and all Australians share the benefits of our multicultural society. Aligning permanent Migration Program settings with Australia’s needs and integrating new migrants into society is important in achieving social cohesion outcomes.

When planning Australia’s permanent Migration Program, balances must be reached between economic, social and demographic objectives. Setting the right balance depends on the quality and strength of the evidence available. We encourage you to make a submission to help strengthen Australia’s Migration Program and ensure it delivers for all Australians over the long term.

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT – The 491 Small Business Owners (SBO) Pathway is now OPEN as at 11 December 2019. 

This option can be used to reward small business owners in regional Queensland for investing in the local business community and provides employment opportunities for local residents.

Further details of the 491-SBO can be found in the following links:

Migration Newsletter 756 has been released and makes excellent reading:

Migration_Newsletter_756.pdf

A toolkit to advance reporting on modern slavery has been published by GRI and the Responsible Labor Initiative, an Initiative of the Responsible Business Alliance.

The resource provides guidance on increasing the effectiveness of corporate reporting, underpinning the transparency and accountability needed to support global efforts towards eradicating modern slavery.

The exploitation of workers in global value chains remains a pressing human rights issue.

Registered Migration Agents are advised to be very careful about using a new "e-Signature" concept offered by KONDESK, promoted by SearchMyANZSCO.com.au.  SearchMyANZSCO is owned by Konze Enteprises and as far as we can determine, they are not owned or operated by RMAs.  Therefore they do not need to comply with the industry's Code of Conduct.

The poorly worded English on an email received today, promoting the e-signature service states as follows:

"E-SIGNATURE On Compliance Related Document", and