Australian Immigration Daily News

Official tells why Australia's ties with China are strained

The Australian, Other, 20/01/2020, Glenda Korporaal

China is unhappy with Australia's criticism of its human rights record in the western province of Xinjiang, its move to ban Huawei from its 5G network rollout, and its slow action on giving visas to some Chinese students, according to the head of a government-backed think tank.

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Grandmother, 98, whose entire family is settled in Australia told to leave

Daily Telegraph Australia, Other, 20/01/2020, Kaitlyn Hudson-O’Farrell

A 98 year-old woman is desperately fighting against being deported back to India after the Australian government decided that paying for a carer to tend to her for 15 hours a week was too expensive. Esmeralda Rosario is now facing spending her 99th birthday alone with no family in Goa India after 12 years in Australia because the Home Affairs department refused her Aged Parent Visa application in November last year.

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Channel 10, Studio 10, 21/01/2020, Sarah Harris, Richard Reid, Angela Bishop, Kerri-Anne Kennerley

Regular Segment: Hot Topics. Harris says a 98yo grandmother is desperately fighting to stay in Australia after the Home Affairs Department refused her aged parent visa application. 

2GB, Breakfast, 21/01/2020, Chris Smith

Smith says The Daily Telegraph reports a family is fighting a plan to deport 98yo Indian grandmother Esmeralda Rosario back to India after the Federal Government ruled it was too expensive to pay for 15 hours a week of care. He states Rosario has been living in Australia for 12 years. 

2GB, Breakfast, 21/01/2020, Chris Smith

Smith presumes Australians go too far in the process of trying to protect their borders and keeping out those who aren't qualified to be in the country. He notes Esmeralda Rosario, 98yo, is desperately fighting against being deported back to India after the government decided that paying for a carer to tend to her for 15 hours a week was too expensive. 

 

Chamber urges businesses to get involved in refugee program

Toowoomba Chronicle, Other, 21/01/2020, Todd Rohl, Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce CEO

The Business Connect Skilled Migrant and Refugee Employment Project, a partnership with Toowoomba Chamber, CatholicCare Social Services, Queensland Government and the local business community, is another example of the inclusiveness of Toowoomba and the region. The chamber with its partners, set about to create an employment pathway, matching skills of migrants with jobs in the business community.

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