This is what Home Affairs staff are being advised by DFAT: If you get calls from people in Australia in regards to their relatives or friends stuck in Afghanistan please ask them call the following number: 1300 555 135 It is a number that is set up for this process – they must call this …
The Australian Government has introduced temporary measures to assist people financially through the pandemic. The new COVID-19 Disaster payment is a lump sum payment to help workers unable to earn an income due to a COVID-19 lockdown, hotspot, or period of restricted movement. This payment is also available to temporary visa holders who have permission to …
It was nice to see the courts upholding a decision to block the bulldozing of sacred trees (arent all old trees sacred?). These trees have significance for the local Djab Wurrung people. The amount of money they have spent could have been used to go around the trees. https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12970540
As always, we are competing with other Western countries for the international student population. Many of our universities have made good money, and employed a LOT of people, and run courses they wouldn’t have been able to run before. This is a seriously good money spinner for the Australian economy. We create a very well …
It’s really heartening in these dark times in the USA that at least half of America has seen the light and is not indoctrinated to the point where they will vote for a bad person rather than let “the other side” win. And there are stories like this one which brings cheer at this time …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/02/biden-border-wall-trump/ Poor old DRUMP! His mad idea to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it has run aground. Not only has Mexico not paid a cent, but Americans have spent billions of dollars (stolen from the Defence budget and Peurto Rico recovery) to destroy animal habitats and the natural beauty of the Rio …
Dubai Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum announced new visa liberalizations on Nov. 15, the Khaleej Times reported Nov. 15. Among others, all engineers in computer science, electronics, programming, electricity, and biotech and specialists in artificial intelligence, big data, virology and epidemiology plus their families can now seek a 10-year so-called UAE “golden visa.” – Source …
Adjunct Professor Owen HARRIS obtains Specialist Status TranQuill’s Owen HARRIS has achieved accredited specialist status with the Law Society of NSW in Immigration Law. Specialist Accreditation is a structured peer to peer assessment process enabling legal practitioners to be recognised for their expertise. Each year the Law Society runs the accreditation program for a select …
Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge: “Just a few days ago I announced a new priority skills shortage list which consists of 17 occupations and they will be prioritised first and will now have exemptions automatically at the borders as well to be able to come in”. If you think you may fall into these specialist …
In a big blow to visa applicants unable to leave the country due to the coronavirus-induced travel restrictions, some Australian states have declared that they will not nominate applicants who are subject to a section 48 bar of the Migration Act. The section 48 bar applies to applicants who are in Australia without a substantive …
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