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As Australia continues to navigate through COVID19 crisis, travel restrictions are being reviewed on a continuous basis to ensure they are in line with the recommended measures put in by the Department of Health.
As of 1 August 2020, the following criteria applies for travel exemptions including additional exemptions for individuals such as school students:
Exempt categories
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Accordingly, a combination of "employment" and "internship" will meet the two year work requirement assuming this was performed at the right skill level which I understand is the case here.
There has been some ambiguity in relation to how many hours is full time work for the purposes of ENS.
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| PQSM v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 125 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Mortimer, Banks-Smith & Jackson JJ Migration law - Minister's delegate, under s501CA(4) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Migration Act), refused to revoke cancellation of appellant's visa - Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision - Colvin J of Federal Court of Australian found Tribunal erroneously failed to consider 'relevant matter' of the 'impact of non‑revocation on the appellant's partner and two adult children, but that the mistake did not constitute a jurisdictional error - whether Colvin J misapplied 'standard of materiality' - ss499(1) & 499(2A) Migration Act - Direction 79 - 'standard of materiality' - whether primary judge erred in applying Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA [2019] HCA 3 - held (Mortimer J dissenting): appeal dismissed. PQSM |
| DHX17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCAFC 127 Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia Collier, Rangiah & Derrington JJ Migration law - Minister’s delegate refused to grant appellants protection visas - Immigration Assessment Authority affirmed delegate’s decision - appellants required extension of time under s477(2) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Migration Act) to commence ’judicial review proceedings’ - Judge Vasta of Federal Circuit Court refused extension of time - Greenwood J of Federal Court found Judge Vasta misapplied s477(2) by erring in approach to application of test in s477(2) Migration Act - however primary judge found the mistake had not resulted in “jurisdictional error" - whether Greenwood J erred by failure to determine Judge Vasta’s misapplication of s477(2) Migration invalidated refusal of extension of time - scope of examination of merits in exercise of discretion under s477(2) Migration Act - “a threshold assessment of merit” - application by Judge Vasta of ’higher test to the assessment of merits than was required’ - whether jurisdictional error - whether error material - whether ’concept of materiality applied to ’exercise of a power’ rather than ’disposition of a matter’ - - held: appeal allowed. DHX17 |
| Eros v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1061 Federal Court of Australia Allsop CJ Migration law - Minister's delegate refused to grant first appellant a student visa - Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirmed delegate's decision - Judge Vasta of Federal Circuit Court dismissed judicial review application - whether erroneous failure to find decision of Tribunal 'involved legal unreasonableness' - whether erroneous failure to provide, on 'timely basis', 'settled written reasons' - comparison of terms of cl 500.212, Sch 2 Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) (Regulations) with cl 572.22 & cl 572.223 Regulations - - whether misconstruction of cl 500.212 Regulations - “intends genuinely to stay in Australia temporarily” - 'evaluation in the chapeau' - 'genuine in intention as to length of stay and nothing else' - whether Tribunal 'asked wrong question' - Saini v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 858 - held: appeal allowed. Eros |
Source: Benchmark
Australia's biosecurity system is a critically important national asset. It protects Australia's diverse and pristine natural wonders, and underpins agricultural production and export. As such, it is critical that vigilance is maintained in protecting Australia from an ever-increasing number of pests and diseases that threaten an array of industries, and Australia's unique flora and fauna.
Despite extensive information campaigns, and a simple process where incoming passengers and crew can easily declare goods for assessment by biosecurity officers, hundreds of undeclared high risk items are detected every year.
The risk to Australia must be mitigated. The proposed measures included in this bill will highlight to incoming travellers how serious biosecurity is and would introduce sensible and important changes to help protect Australia from biosecurity risks.
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The Online Register for Modern Slavery Statements will act as a central website for statements from thousands of large businesses required to comply with the Government’s landmark Modern Slavery Act 2018.
“This is the world’s first, government-run website of its kind, and will provide Australian consumers, investors and civil society with an unprecedented window into the global supply chains that produce the goods and services we use every day,” Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Jason Wood MP said.
“This important initiative will galvanise efforts to clean up supply chains in Australia and around the world by significantly increasing supply chain transparency. From today, entities required to comply with the Modern Slavery Act can upload their statements directly to the website, where they will be freely accessible and searchable.”
Source: Government-marks-world-day-against-trafficking-with-landmark-website.pdf
Readers may also be interested in this related article: https://migrationalliance.com.au/immigration-daily-news/entry/2020-07-world-day-against-trafficking-in-persons.html
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