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.

Do you work on Temporary Skills Shortage visas?

If so, are you being driven over the brink by the Department's, or the Tribunal's, interpretations of the so-called "genuineness test" under regulation 2.72(10)?

If that is the case, you should be aware of an important decision that came out of the Federal Circuit Court less than a month ago: it is called Michellechen Pty Ltd v Minister for Immigration & Anor (2019) FCCA 3355 (22 November 2019).