Australian Immigration Daily News

The Australian Government is providing employers in the Orana region with greater access to skilled workers by strengthening the Orana Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA), in order to meet labour-market challenges.

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Alex Hawke said the Government consulted with businesses across the region to understand where skills shortages are most prevalent.

“The Australian Government aims to address businesses’ needs with the inclusion of a range of occupations including automotive trades, teachers, aged care and additional health professionals,” Minister Hawke said.

Young people from Brazil will be able to work, study and holiday in Australia under a new memorandum of understanding for a reciprocal Work and Holiday (subclass 462) visa arrangement signed today.

Commencing on 1 July 2022, the arrangement will allow up to 500 young Brazilians aged between 18 and 30 to stay in Australia each year, for a 12-month holiday during which they can undertake short-term work and study.

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alex Hawke said the visa arrangement is an important step in strengthening the positive relationship between Australia and Brazil, with Brazilians forming the largest migrant group in Australia from Latin America.

The Office of the MARA has sent the following email:

Please see the attached document for additional guidance on the 1 March 2022 Code of Conduct for registered migration agents, which has been prepared following enquiries from the migration advice industry. The first guidance document is available on the Code of Conduct page of the OMARA website and the second document will be published shortly. 

A number of individual specific enquiries have also been received by the OMARA and responses will be provided to the enquirers next week. 

Australia and New Zealand have jointly agreed that New Zealand will resettle up to 150 refugees per year for three years from Australia¡¦s existing regional processing cohort. The resettlement arrangement will be implemented under New Zealand¡¦s existing Refugee Quota Programme and will initially be considered for those refugees who:
- are in Nauru or are temporarily in Australia under regional processing arrangements;
- meet New Zealand's Refugee Quota Programme requirements;
-are referred to New Zealand by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and
-are not engaged in other third country resettlement pathways, such as the United States resettlement arrangement.

Source: Australia-New-Zealand-Resettlement-Arrangement.pdf

Regulations to establish legislative authority for government spending on certain activities administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Funding is provided for:
-the development and implementation of an Australian Agriculture Visa program, which will contribute to a long-term, reliable workforce for Australian primary industries ($87.2 million over four years from 2021-22, and $23.4 million per year ongoing from 2025-26);
-the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, which supports a mobility program to provide workers from Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste with the opportunity to take up temporary seasonal and non-seasonal work opportunities in Australia ($47.1 million over four years from 2021-22); and
-continued support to, or for the benefit of, the Republic of Palau following its graduation from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development list of Official Development Assistance recipients on 1 January 2022 ($12.0 million over three years from 2022-23).

Source: FFSP-Amendment.pdf and FFSP-Amendment-Explanatory-Statement.pdf