Australian Immigration Daily News

The following message is on the College of Law website:

The College of Law announces today that its arrangement with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) on the important work of the Migration Agents Capstone Assessment will conclude on 31 December 2020 as per our Agreement. 

The College established the Capstone assessment at a time when the Department was implementing a new regime for testing and licensing of migration agents. The Capstone is now fully established and the College is pleased with its contribution to the Migration Agents registration regime. We wish the Department well with its oversight of the important work which migration agents do on behalf of the Australian community. 

At present occupations, the State and Territory Governments can approve for the SC 491/190 are strictly limited.

It would appear that the government will be focusing on critical sectors which are:

• people providing critical or specialist medical services, including air ambulance, medical evacuations and delivering critical medical supplies
• people with critical skills required to maintain the supply of essential goods and services (such as in medical technology, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, engineering and mining, supply chain logistics, agricultural technology, food production, and the maritime industry)
• people delivering services in sectors critical to Australia’s economic recovery (such as financial technology, large scale manufacturing, film and television production, and emerging technology), where no Australian worker is available

The Government of South Australia has been advised of a limited number of interim allocation places for the State’s General Skilled and Business Migration Program for 2020/21, which will be prioritised to support South Australia’s economic and public health recovery.

Source: https://benchmarkinc.com.au/web/

Turkish Consul-General Sarik Ariyak, aged 50, and his bodyguard, Engin Sever,aged 28, were shot outside a residence on Portland Street, Dover Heights, about 9.45am on Wednesday 17 December 1980.Mr Ariyak and Mr Sever were leaving the residence in separate vehicles, when they were approached by two unknown men, who fired multiple shots at close range before fleeing the area on a motorcycle.

Mr Ariyak died at the scene, and Mr Sever died a short time later at St Vincent’s Hospital.

Despite extensive investigations by police at the time and over the years, no one has ever been charged.

South Australian Immigration has relesed the following update:

The Government of South Australia has been advised of a limited number of interim allocation places for the State’s General Skilled and Business Migration Program for 2020/21, which will be prioritised to support South Australia’s economic and public health recovery.

The full nomination allocations for 2020/21 will be determined later in the year as part of the 2020/21 Budget process.