Australian Immigration Daily News

What does the term “domestic violence” mean in the context of the Migration Regulations 1994?

Does the term “domestic violence” necessarily involve physical violence? Or can the violence be of a “psychological” nature?

And, when there is a non-judicially determined claim of domestic violence, is the opinion of the Independent Expert who is called upon to determine whether domestic violence has occurred always to be accepted as correct, and therefore always unassailable and beyond challenge?

On 19 June 2019, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that the Australian Government has to consider applications for refugees on Manus and Nauru made under the Medevac laws that are made in line with standard Australian medical practices.

In its findings, the Court noted expert opinion that medical professionals can evaluate a patient’s need for further assessment or treatment, without any personal engagement with the patient, on the basis of notes of other practitioners or information gathered from third parties.

Shortly after the Medevac laws passed, the Nauruan government passed legislation to ban doctors speaking with patients on Nauru for the purpose of medical assessment. David Burke, a Senior Lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre said:

Here is the document that tells us who gets paid what in the Australian Public Service including the AAT:

Remuneration-and-Allowances-for-Holders-of-Full-time-Public-Office.pdf

The following email has been received today from the Attorney-General's Department:

UNCLASSIFIED

Immigration SA has announced that they have met the Federal quota of Subclass 188 and 132 business nomination approvals for the 2018/19 financial year. 

Subclass 188 and 132 business nomination applications that have already been submitted but not processed, will be processed from July 1 2019, when the Federal quota for South Australia resets. The online application system will remain open, and will continue to accept business nomination applications.

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