Australian Immigration Daily News

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured $307,802 in penalties in the Federal Circuit Court in response to 154 workers across three PappaRich restaurants in Sydney being underpaid $74,000.

A total of $34,425 in penalties have been imposed against Loke Cheng Wong, manager-operator of the PappaRich franchise outlet at Macquarie Park, and former manager-operator of PappaRich franchise outlets in Chatswood and on Liverpool Street in the Sydney CBD.

In addition, two companies Mr Wong is a director and part-owner of - PPR Ryde (NSW) Pty Ltd and Gateharvest Pty Ltd – have been penalised $141,751 and $131,626, respectively, for their involvement in some of the underpayments.

Employers naturally felt a pinch when 216 occupations were removed from the Skilled Occupations List on 17 April 2019 upon the announcement that the 457 visa was being abolished. 

This left employers with handful of occupations which were further split into two segregated lists, the Short-term Skilled Occupations List (STSOL) with no access to permanent residence, as well as more restrictive New Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), which allows permanent residence provided the occupation is most susceptible to supply constraints (e.g. due to the time taken to develop necessary skills) and/or most likely to warrant Australian Government intervention to address these constraints.

Nonetheless, this was all part of a well-planned reform to bring Australian immigration system into the 21^st century.  

Migration Newsletter 751 has been released and makes excellent reading:

Migration_Newsletter_751.01.pdf

Liana Allan, the founder of Migration Alliance, attended the Department of Home Affairs Industry Summit, held a the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne.   

During his presentation to Stakeholders at the Summit, both Migration Alliance and our founder, Liana Allan received a special mention from the Minister Jason Wood MP, for an excellent and successful migration conference held in Sydney last week.  Thank you to all the Migration Alliance members who attended our conference.  We ended up with 750 migration agents in attendance.  Apparently this is the largest migration agent conference ever hosted.

Liana Allan will be reporting on her day in a separate article here on this website either today or tomorrow.

Migration (LIN 19/268: Period, Manner and Evidence of Labour Market Testing) Amendment Instrument 2019
This instrument amends the Migration (LIN 18/036: Period, manner and evidence of labour market testing) Instrument 2018 to specify the period within which labour market testing is required, the manner in which labour market testing is required to be undertaken and the kinds of evidence that must accompany a nomination. This instrument also specifies certain occupations and positions that are exempt from some of those specified requirements.
Item was repealed on 17/11/2019, and is no longer in force
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01450

Migration (LIN 19/296: Arrangements for Applications for Bridging Visas) Amendment Instrument 2019
This instrument amends the Migration (LIN 19/186: Arrangements for Applications for Bridging Visas) Instrument 2019 to include approved forms 491D, 494V (Internet) and 494V as specified forms for Bridging A (Class WA) and Bridging C (Class WC) visa applications.
Item was repealed on 17/11/2019, and is no longer in force
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01459

Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Amendment (Subclass 494 Visa) Regulations 2019
These regulations amend the Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Regulations 2018 to support the amendments to the Migration Regulations 1994 being made by Schedule 2 to the Migration Amendment (New Skilled Regional Visas) Regulations 2019.
Item was repealed on 17/11/2019, and is no longer in force
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00553

Migration (Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Amendment (LIN 19/243: Subclass 491 Visas) Instrument 2019
This instrument amends the Migration (LIN 19/051: Specification of Occupations and Assessing Authorities) Instrument 2019 to make changes to the assessing authority for some occupations and removes references to the Subclass 489 visa that are no longer applicable.
Item was repealed on 17/11/2019, and is no longer in force
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01402

Migration Amendment (Visa Application Charges) Regulations 2019
These regulations amend the Migration Regulations 1994 to make changes to visa application charges for certain visas.
Item was repealed on 17/11/2019, and is no longer in force
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00932

Migration(LIN 19/267: Regional Certifying Bodies and Regional Postcodes) Amendment Instrument 2019
This instrument amends the Migration (IMMI 18/037: Regional Certifying Bodies and Regional Postcodes) Instrument 2018 to remove references to “regional Australia” as prescribed under subregulation 5.19(16) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
Item was repealed on 17/11/2019, and is no longer in force
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L01447