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The Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs has provided a limited number of visa nomination places to the Victorian Government up until the Federal Budget is delivered on 6 October 2020.
We are preparing to re-open with new policies and nomination criteria to support Victoria’s economic recovery and the public health response.
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The following message is on the College of Law website:
The College of Law announces today that its arrangement with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) on the important work of the Migration Agents Capstone Assessment will conclude on 31 December 2020 as per our Agreement.
The College established the Capstone assessment at a time when the Department was implementing a new regime for testing and licensing of migration agents. The Capstone is now fully established and the College is pleased with its contribution to the Migration Agents registration regime. We wish the Department well with its oversight of the important work which migration agents do on behalf of the Australian community.
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At present occupations, the State and Territory Governments can approve for the SC 491/190 are strictly limited.
It would appear that the government will be focusing on critical sectors which are:
The Government of South Australia has been advised of a limited number of interim allocation places for the State’s General Skilled and Business Migration Program for 2020/21, which will be prioritised to support South Australia’s economic and public health recovery.
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| FAK19 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2020] FCA 1124 Federal Court of Australia Charlesworth J Migration law - Minister's delegate cancelled applicant's visa ('cancellation decision') under s501(3A) of the Act (Migration Act) - other delegate refused to revoke cancellation decision - Tribunal upheld delegate's decision - applicant sought review - whether Tribunal should have understood that applicant was asserting that, if cancellation decision not revoked, applicant 'must be returned his home country' in circumstances giving rise to breach of 'non-refoulement obligations' - whether Tribunal erroneously treated non-refoulment obligations as 'synonymous' with fulfillment by applicant of 'criterion for a protection visa' - whether failure by Tribunal genuinely to consider 'and intellectually engage with' reason submitted by applicant for cancellation decision's revocation - whether error material - held: jurisdictional error established - application allowed. FAK19 |
| DUR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2020] FCA 1155 Federal Court of Australia Burley J Migration law - Minister's delegate refused to grant applicant a Safe Haven Enterprise visa - Immigration Assessment Authority affirmed delegate's decision - appellant appealed - whether failure by Authority to consider 'police and CID extortion claims' and if so whether failure was material - Applicant WAEE v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 184 - held: failure to consider police and CID extortion claims established - jurisdictional error - appeal allowed. DUR16 |
| ANL17 v Minister for Immigration & Anor (No.2) [2020] FCCA 2166 Federal Circuit Court of Australia Judge Manousaridis Migration law - Minister's delegate refused to grant applicant a Safe Haven Enterprise visa - Immigration Assessment Authority affirmed delegate's decision - applicant sought remedies under s476 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - Court found applicant did not make out two grounds of appeal - Court found two appeal grounds 'reasonably arguable' - Court granted applicant leave to amend application to include a further ground - Court ordered that Minister and applicant 'file and serve written submissions' concerning merits of amended application and costs - consideration of submissions - “new information” - s473DD(a) (Migration Act) - whether erroneous consideration of whether 'exceptional circumstances' existed to justify mew information's consideration - whether failure to consider whether new information, if known to delegate, could have affected claims' consideration - whether error of the kind which White J found Authority had made in BVZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 958 - held: Authority made error of kind in BVZ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 958 - relief granted. ANL17 |
Source: https://benchmarkinc.com.au/web/
Turkish Consul-General Sarik Ariyak, aged 50, and his bodyguard, Engin Sever,aged 28, were shot outside a residence on Portland Street, Dover Heights, about 9.45am on Wednesday 17 December 1980.Mr Ariyak and Mr Sever were leaving the residence in separate vehicles, when they were approached by two unknown men, who fired multiple shots at close range before fleeing the area on a motorcycle.
Mr Ariyak died at the scene, and Mr Sever died a short time later at St Vincent’s Hospital.
Despite extensive investigations by police at the time and over the years, no one has ever been charged.
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