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The instrument specifies the minimum amount of taxable income for the income year 2019-2020 and previous income years since income year 2011-2012.
Item was registered on 10/12/2020
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020L01553
| Minister for Home Affairs v DUA16; Minister for Home Affairs v CHK16 [2020] HCA 4616, High Court of Australia Kiefel CJ; Bell, Keane, Gordon & Edelman JJ Migration law - 'registered migration agent' (agent) provided submissions on behalf HK16 and DUA16 - 'common ground' conduct of agent fraudulent - in each case Authority unaware of agent's fraud - Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia, in each case, found Authority's decision vitiated by agent's fraud - Minister appealed - Minister contended fraud not 'shown to have any effect on a statutory function' - CHK16 and DUA16 each sought, by notices of contention, to uphold decision of Full Court on basis Authority was 'legally unreasonable' in not exercising 'power to obtain; from agent 'corrected submissions, involving potentially new information', when Authority knew submissions 'concerned the wrong person either entirely or in part' - Pt 7AA Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - held: fraud of agent did not vitiate decisions - in respect of CHK16, Authority legally unreasonable in not exercising power to invite provision by agent of 'correct submissions containing any new information' - in respect of DUA16, not legally unreasonable in failing 'to seek new information' - held: appeal in case of DUA16 allowed - appeal in case of CHK16 dismissed. Minister for Home Affairs |
| Hempenstall v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 216 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Rares, Nicholas & Burkey JJ Migration law - Minister, pursuant to s501(2) Migration Act 1958 (Cth), cancelled appellant's class BF transitional (permanent) visa on basis appellant did not pass 'character test' - appellant, before Kenny J, of Federal Court of Australia, contended he was not accorded procedural fairness - Kenny J dismissed judicial review application - appellant appealed - whether primary judge correct in finding 'potential for future substance abuse was not the sole significant factor' weighing against appellant - whether primary judge correct in dismissing appellant's contention of failure by Minister o accord appellant procedural fairness 'by not specifically drawing attention to his need to deal with the possibility of his future substance abuse' - whether failure to accord procedural fairness arising from failure to draw 'critical issue' to appellant's attention for appellant 'to specifically address' - Degning v Minister of Home Affairs [2019] FCAFC 67 - Minister for Home Affairs v Smith [2019] FCAFC 137 - Stowers v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 174; (2018) 265 FCR 177, held: appeal dismissed. Hempenstall |
Source: https://benchmarkinc.com.au/web/
BSMQ has received the final nomination allocations for FY 2020-21 and is set to open the skilled migration and business program.
Business Program
BSMQ business program is now OPEN from 10 December 2020, but it will assess the applications submitted from the interim quota opening from 29 September 05 October 2020, then from 6 October 9 December 2020 before the EOIs being submitted from 10 December 2020. Thus, extending the processing time for the EOIs submitted now.
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LIN 20/189 amended s5-s11 of the instrument 19/216 to take into account COVID19. There are now concession periods for affected workers who had to take unpaid leave or had their hours reduced.
Compilation was registered on 9/12/2020
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020C01075
Compilation was registered on 9/12/2020
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2020C01076
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