Recently, in Newsletter 419 of March 2014 Migration_Newsletter_419 (Click here for a copy), Peter Bollard writes of DIBP's migration agent A and B lists as follows:
A and B lists and platinum cards
In previous newsletters the writer has mentioned that migration agents can use FOI requests to seek information held on them by DIBP.
Below is a link to a disclosure log relating to an FOI request- the emails dated 4 November 2014 and 13 November 2013 will be of interest to migration agents (they are towards the end).
http://www.immi.gov.au/About/foi/Documents/FA131100743R1.PDF
I have spoken with the Migration Agents Section (MAS) at DIBP in Canberra after receiving numerous enquiries from RMAs about how to find out which list they are on. I can advise that the lists A and B are not in use any more and are very old. These lists were never decision making tools.
With reference to Lists A and B the term 'migration agents' does not in fact distinguish the term 'Registered Migration Agents', therefore 'Unregistered Migration Agents' were also taken into consideration.
Lists A and B go back nearly ten years so it is unfortunate that this has been dragged out again as they are really old. I can assure you that the DIBP have confirmed they are no longer in operation.
I would encourage Registered Migration Agents not to concern themselves over the old Lists A and B.