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A recent decision of the federal court will be of interest to practitioners dealing with PIC 4020.
http://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2019/2019fca0052
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The following information is posted on the Business and Skilled Migration Queensland website:
01 February 2019
Please note that the following occupations:
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Representatives from the Law Council warned the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, that the proposed changes may be inconsistent with our international obligations.
Under the proposed legislation as it is drafted, the Minister can strip anyone convicted of terrorism-related offences of their Australian citizenship regardless of the severity of the conviction. The proposed legislation stipulates the Minister need only be ‘satisfied’ that the person would have another citizenship – a much lower and vaguer threshold.
Current laws allow individuals to lose citizenship if they are convicted of a terrorism-related offence with a prison sentence of at least six years, and have citizenship of another country.
Recent Citizenship decisions can be found on page 3. Recent Migration decisions can be found on page 4.
It is recommended that the Bulletin be read on-line. This has the advantage of allowing the reader to use hyperlinks to access the full text of cases and other internet sites mentioned in the Bulletin.
Source: AAT-Bulletin-4-2019.pdf
The instrument revokes Migration (IMMI 18/054: Granting of Contributory Parent, Parent and Other Family Visas in the 2017/2018 Financial Year) Instrument 2018 (F2018L00683) in accordance with Subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which states that where an Act confers a power to make, grant or issue any instrument of a legislative or administrative character, the power shall be construed as including a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to repeal, rescind, revoke, amend, or vary any such instrument.
The instrument operates to determine the maximum number of visas that may be granted in the financial year commencing 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 for the specified classes of visas.
The purpose of the instrument is to determine the maximum number of visas for specified classes of visas. The maximum numbers of visas for the specified visa classes in the instrument has not yet been reached. Those classes of visas are as follows:
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