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The Department of Home Affairs has announced the implementation of the new Skills in Demand visa program with the introduction of the new Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL). The updated [...]

The Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional Subclass 494 visa is an employer sponsored visa that allows the visa holder to live, work and travel to and from Australia for a period [...]

Significant change for Australian employers likely following the announcement of Draft Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021. The Federal Government has flagged significant reforms to the obligations of Australian [...]

Background The 2020 budget is one of the most challenging in living memory. Faced with the global Coronavirus pandemic and its associated economic impact, the Budget is expected to do [...]

The 'global war for talent' is something of a hackneyed cliché, but that doesn't mean the premise is false. International studies show that the next 20 years will bring a [...]

The Honourable David Coleman, MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs has announced that the Government is providing funding of $19.4 million over the next 4 years to help [...]

This article provides an overview of the new Temporary Skill Shortage Subclass 482 visa ('482 TSS'). Additional articles will follow with details of the changes to the permanent Employer Nomination [...]

Establishment of the Department of Home Affairs The government recently announced the creation of a new Department of Home Affairs, a 'superportfolio' Department which encompasses the federal security agency, ASIO, [...]

There have been a number of significant announcements in the past few weeks about the abolition of the 457 visa program and transitional arrangements to support implementation of the new [...]

A recent industry liaison meeting revealed that processing times for Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (457) applications has now stretched to as much as 5 months due to a combination of [...]

The last 6 months has been a period of rapid change and disruption in Australian immigration, in particular for the Subclass 457 Temporary Work visa. Changes to the 457 program [...]

Critical changes and take-away for employers and visa holders The Department of Immigration have created almost as much hype and tension as the season premiere of Game of Thrones in [...]

Budget reveals levy on businesses sponsoring on the new TSS visa The budget announced yesterday has revealed plans to impose a levy to raise $1.2billion from businesses looking to sponsor [...]

Subtitle: 'Responsive skills lists' and business risk in migration The Australian government announced sweeping changes to the 457 visa program from 19 April 2017. However, the changes will not only [...]

On 23 December the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton, announced the appointment of Mr John Azarias to conduct a review of the current Temporary Skilled Migration Income [...]

New laws have been introduced to prevent abuse of the work visa system by creating criminal and civil penalties for persons seeking to give or receive an improper benefit in [...]

From Mr Jackson Taylor. Sir, Final salary pension schemes are having a serious effect on staff mobility. Executives who enjoy these benefits are understandably reluctant to change jobs unless such [...]

From Mr Jackson Taylor. Sir, I welcome the reports by Derek Higgs and Sir Robert Smith on corporate governance. The direction of businesses has for far too long been a [...]