Australian Immigration Daily News

The report, prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) in partnership with the Walk Free Foundation, revealed there were between 1,300 and 1,900 victims from 2015-16 to 2016-17.

The Assistant Minister for Home Affairs Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds, who carried the Modern Slavery Bill through the Senate, said the findings from the Estimating the dark figure of human trafficking and slavery victimisation in Australia report will enable better targeted responses to these crimes, and improve identification and support for victims.

“The exploitation of vulnerable people is a lucrative business. Slavery alone generates more than $190 billion annually,” Assistant Minister Reynolds said.

“The Australian Government recognises this is a global problem, and is continuing to show firm action on abolishing human trafficking and slavery within our communities,” Assistant Minister Reynolds said. “In a historic step, the Modern Slavery Act 2018 came into force on 1 January 2019, which sets a clear standard for action. “Importantly, it underscores Australia’s commitment to being a regional leader in countering modern slavery, and a determined partner in effective and enduring efforts to counter modern slavery in all its forms.”

The following State Governments will be delivering information sessions with Legal Training Australia in the months of February and March 2019.  The public are welcome to attend these online webinars.  To attend as a public viewer please Register as a Public Student on this page (third button on the right).  To register as Migration Agent or Lawyer please click here.

Once you have Registered with our website you can then book your seat to the online webinars here.

New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) analysis shows that in 2016 half of the 1.5 million temporary residents in Australia were living in Sydney (27 per cent) and Melbourne (24 per cent) with a further 14 per cent calling Brisbane home.

ABS Director of Migration Statistics, Myles Burleigh, said for the first time detailed social and economic characteristics of temporary residents in Australia have been made available through the 2016 Australian Census and Temporary Entrants Integrated Dataset (ACTEID).

“By combining 2016 Census data and temporary visa information from the Department of Home Affairs, we now have a comprehensive picture of where groups of temporary residents live, the countries they come from, what work they do, what they earn and if they are studying,” he said.

The VETASSESS website is currently showing the following message:

Please note system maintenance activities are planned for Thursday 14th of February 2019, between 05:00pm and 06:00pm (AEDT).  During this period you will not be able to either lodge new applications or check the status of existing applications.  We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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The following news is just in from Victoria:

We are pleased to advise that Victoria will begin issuing invitations and assessing nomination applications for affected business and investor visa subclasses from
18 February 2019.

Please note that an Expression of Interest (EOI) process will be introduced for the following visas: