Australian Immigration Daily News

The following information is found on the David Coleman MP's website dated today, 1 July 2019:

From 1 July, important elements to support the first and third components of the plan come into effect.

First, the government is cutting the permanent migration program by a cumulative 120,000 places over four years. The new cap is 160,000 per annum, down from the cap of 190,000. The average intake over the last five years has been 183,000.

Within this 160,000 cap are 23,000 places for permanent residents who choose to reside outside the four big capitals. This comes into effect in 1 November 2019.

Second, the government is introducing strong incentives for new international students to choose locations outside of the big capital cities. International students are the largest component of the temporary migration program, with the 80 per cent studying in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane.

A new $94 million scholarship program to study in the regions also comes into effect. Destination Australia will provide 4,720 scholarships.

Changes to the working holiday maker program also come into effect, including increases to the number of countries involved and places available, and allowing people who work in the regions to stay an extra year.

The plan will eventually allow students studying outside of the big capitals to receive an extra year of post-study work rights. This would provide the typical students studying in the regions or smaller city three years of post-study work rights.

Source: https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/davidcoleman/Pages/australias-future-population-growth.aspx