Yesterday evening, the Minister for Home Affairs announced an Arrival Control Determination will commence from today, 26 March 2026, banning Iranian visitor visa holders from travelling to Australia for six months.

Prime Minister, Scott Morrison announced in a Press Conference today that Australia's international border will re-open from next month (November 2021) for States with an 80% vaccination rate – starting with New South Wales.

We are now only a few weeks away from the Federal Election on 3 May 2025 and are currently seeing both major political parties campaigning to reduce immigration levels.

We are now on the cusp of the Federal Election, which is fast approaching this weekend. The outcome is expected to shape the direction of the migration program, but we remain cautious about whether the initiatives will be fully implemented.

New Nomination applications for employer-sponsored workers will need to meet a minimum salary requirement of $73,150 from 1 July 2024 (up from $70,000) following the Australian Government's recent announcement to increase the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold (TSMIT).

Following legislative amendments that passed this month, the Department of Home Affairs will introduce a public register of approved work sponsors who have nominated skilled workers for entry to Australia.

The government's first Federal Budget since it was elected in 2022 has revealed the size and composition of the migration program will continue to focus on skilled migration in 2023-2024.

The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs has today decided that from 1 January 2024, Working Holiday Makers (Subclass 417 and 462 Visa Holders) in some circumstances will...

The construction sector continues to face one of the tightest labour markets in Australia. Demand for housing and major infrastructure has surged, yet the supply of skilled workers has not kept pace. Jobs and Skills Australia data consistently highlights construction trades, such as bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, and electricians, in persistent deficit.

Do you know which visa rules apply when Subclass 482 Visa holders change employer sponsors?

The process of testing the local labour market before sponsoring a worker on a Subclass 482 or 494 Visa has now become more simple following Government changes that came into effect on 11 December 2023.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has announced new Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings (AWOTE) figures that will apply to income thresholds for the Subclass 482 and Subclass 186 Visa programs from 1 July 2026.

On 14 December 2024, the Australian Government amended legislation to provide clarity on how caveats apply to eligible occupations for the Core Skills Stream of the Skills in Demand 482 Visa.

Australia's Working Holiday Maker Visa offers backpackers an extra 6 months stay if they assist with bushfire recovery.

After more than a year of anticipating the rollout of the Skills in Demand Visa, the Government has today released the new Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL), which will provide access to employer-sponsored skilled migration across 456 occupations.

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New South Wales (NSW) Premier, Dominic Perrottet has today announced a plan to open the State to fully vaccinated international arrivals.

Last night's Federal Budget announcements confirmed the Government's assumption that Australia's international border may only begin to gradually re-open from mid 2022.

Ministerial Direction 105 allows the government to issue instructions to Home Affairs on how skilled visas should be prioritised, typically taking into account regional needs, sponsorship status and critical sectors.

Legislative reforms commenced on 25 March 2026 to provide employers greater flexibility in determining the Annual Market Salary Rate in circumstances where a relevant Fair Work instrument, state industrial instrument or transitional instrument applies.