Australian Immigration Daily News

The entry ban takes effect from 9pm AEDT Friday, 20 March 2020, with exemptions only for Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family, including spouses, legal guardians and dependants.

New Zealand citizens who live in Australia as Australian residents are also exempt, as are New Zealanders transiting to New Zealand. Exemptions for Pacific Islanders transiting to their home countries will continue to apply.

Australian citizens and permanent residents and those exempt from our entry restrictions will continue to be subject to a strict 14 days self-isolation.

Our number one priority is to slow the spread of coronavirus to save lives.

Source: Border-Restrictions.pdf and Australian-PM-interview-with-Alan-Jones-20-March-2020.pdf

I have just learned from colleagues about an excellent result they achieved in the Federal Court.

Their client was granted a visa - a SHEV -  by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (!!).

Evidently he was continuing to be held in detention notwithstanding the visa grant decision of the AAT.

This information supersedes all previous updates provided by the Court. In light of the recent developments that led to the closure of the Lionel Bowen building in Sydney, the Federal Court of Australia is taking steps to reduce the risk to court users and court staff from in person attendance in court buildings, commencing Wednesday, 18 March 2020. Unless specifically and individually excepted by the Court, all Federal Court of Australia listings that require in person attendance, including mediations and listings relying on video link from court premises listed up to 30 June 2020, are vacated. The Court is examining, as a matter of urgency, its capability to facilitate listings by remote access technology, without requiring in person attendance.   Further information will be provided as soon as possible of alternative arrangements that may be able to be put in place.

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