Australian Immigration Daily News

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.

South Australian Immigration has relesed the following update:

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.

The full nomination allocations for 2020/21 will be determined later in the year as part of the 2020/21 Budget process.

This decision concerns whether an individual that entered Australia as a working holiday maker was a resident of Australia for tax purposes and whether that individual was required to pay tax at the minimum 15 per cent tax rate applying to working holiday maker income or at the rates that otherwise apply more generally to Australian residents (which incorporate the tax-free threshold).

‘This decision upholds the ATO’s current view meaning that employer obligations have not changed, and employers should continue to apply the appropriate tax tables when determining the amount to withhold for working holiday makers,’ Deputy Commissioner Jeremy Geale said.

The parties have until 3 September 2020 to seek special leave to appeal the Full Federal Court’s decision to the High Court.

Source: Addy-v-Commissioner.pdf

As announced earlier, standard business sponsors able to reduce working hours without breaching Condition 8107/8607 or the business being in breach of their employer obligations.

However, those who have been laid off and are currently unemployed will need to find another employer within 60 days or make arrangements to leave Australia, where this is possible.

Holders of temporary work visas currently employed in COVID-19 critical sectors including but not limited to health care, aged and disability care, childcare, or agriculture and food processing may be eligible for a  Temporary Activity Visa (subclass 408) Australian Government Endorsed Agreement Event  stream (COVID-19 Pandemic event visa).  The criteria for this visa has broadened as a result of recent announcements regarding what are currently considered to be critical skills sectors.