Australian Immigration Daily News

Three Victorian properties valued at $4.2 million were today forfeited to the Commonwealth by order of the Melbourne Supreme Court.

This is the first forfeiture action under the terms of the Joint Agency Arrangement (JAA) on economic crime cooperation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

The AFP Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) restrained the properties on 22 November 2018 as part of a proceeds of crime investigation into offshore funds allegedly being laundered in Australia by Chinese nationals.

The Great South Coast DAMA will:

• assist key agriculture, hospitality and other businesses on the Great South Coast to fill critical employment gaps by providing access to a broader range of overseas workers than is available through the standard skilled migration programs;
• be accessible to employers in Glenelg, Moyne, Warrnambool, Corangamite, Colac Otway and Southern Grampians municipalities;
• not supplant locally available workers. For a DAMA to be approved by the Commonwealth, regions must demonstrate efforts to recruit Australians first and clearly identify labour market conditions and gaps. They must also demonstrate local support available to migrant workers; and,
• ensure the terms and conditions of employment are consistent with local remuneration practices for that occupation and meet Australian workplace laws.

The Great South Coast (Warrnambool) have added more information on DAMA requirements, including the salary rates and income threshold:

 GSC DAMA Employer Update April 2019

 DAMA brochure

 FAQ - employers and agents

 DAMA - costs

 DAMA - labour market testing

 DAMA - sponsorship obligations

 DAMA - salary rates and income threshold 

 DAMA - Labour agreement

Lewis Bollard Migration Experts have released Migration Newsletter 719.  Migration Alliance has permission to publish the newsletter here on this website:

Migration_Newsletter_719.pdf

GOLDFIELDS DAMA:

Businesses can access the Goldfields DAMA if they are actively operating in the Goldfields region and:

• are viable and have been operating for at least 12 months
• have no history of not meeting its obligations to employees
• are looking to employ overseas workers to fill full-time positions with duties that align with one of the occupations on the Goldfields DAMA list
• can demonstrate they cannot fill the position locally with Australian citizens or permanent residents
• can provide terms and conditions of employment to overseas workers that are in accordance with those offered to Australian workers employed in the region.

Note: The Goldfields DAMA is an employer-sponsored visa program and individual workers cannot apply for a visa independently.