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The MIA forum has been announced as 'down' on Facebook.
Until the forum is back up, and if agents need to talk to one another urgently, the Support Network for MARA Agents Facebook Group has 1600+ members and is an excellent alternative.
We would like to announce that we have met our quota of nominations for the Skilled-Nominated visa (subclass 190) for the 2018-19 financial year.
We will announce the commencement of invitations to apply for NSW nomination for the 2019-20 financial year via our website in the coming weeks.
Migration Agents can hear directly from the NSW Department of Industry on the 15 November 2019 at the MIGRATION 2019 Conference in Sydney.
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Australia's population grew by 1.6 per cent during 2018, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS Demography Director Beidar Cho said:
"Steady growth over recent quarters has resulted in a population of 25.2 million people at 31 December 2018."
The number of births in 2018 reached an all time high of 314,900, 161,900 of these were male and 153,000 female. The previous record was 312,200 in 2012.
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What does the term “domestic violence” mean in the context of the Migration Regulations 1994?
Does the term “domestic violence” necessarily involve physical violence? Or can the violence be of a “psychological” nature?
And, when there is a non-judicially determined claim of domestic violence, is the opinion of the Independent Expert who is called upon to determine whether domestic violence has occurred always to be accepted as correct, and therefore always unassailable and beyond challenge?
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On 19 June 2019, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that the Australian Government has to consider applications for refugees on Manus and Nauru made under the Medevac laws that are made in line with standard Australian medical practices.
In its findings, the Court noted expert opinion that medical professionals can evaluate a patient’s need for further assessment or treatment, without any personal engagement with the patient, on the basis of notes of other practitioners or information gathered from third parties.
Shortly after the Medevac laws passed, the Nauruan government passed legislation to ban doctors speaking with patients on Nauru for the purpose of medical assessment. David Burke, a Senior Lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre said:
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