Bookmark
PrintNews
03 Feb 12
No move on Australian immigration talks despite more deaths
Despite a further nine asylum seekers bound for Australia drowning off the coast of southern Malaysia, politicians from both parties have so far refused to resume discussions regarding Australian immigration policy.
Read more»
01 Feb 12
Australian visa cuts outrage refugee groups
Despite more than 20,000 persecuted people with genuine family links to Australians desperately trying to secure an Australian visa, the programme which grants visa on humanitarian grounds has been cut from 3,000 places to just 750, sparking outrage from refugee advocates.
Read more»
31 Jan 12
Australian visa reforms get off to a slow start
A continuing decline of Australian visa applications from China has suggested that drastic relaxations of visa application requirements, known as the Knight reforms, are yet to revive the struggling education industry.
Read more»
31 Jan 12
Teenage asylum seekers left in Australian immigration detention centres
Concerns about the welfare of young asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention centres are rising after the number of teenagers detained in a West Australia detention centre almost doubled since mid-2011.
Read more»
31 Jan 12
Foreign nationals clog up Australian immigration system with appeals
While asylum seekers arriving by boat have dominated the Australian immigration issue in recent weeks, reports that migrants arriving in Australia by plane on tourist and student visas and then failing to leave when their visas expire are clogging up the immigration system with lengthy and costly appeals.
Read more»
31 Jan 12
Brazilian and Argentinean tourists added to Australian visa list
As of 15 February, 2012, tourists from Brazil and Argentina will be able to apply for an Australian visa online through the e676 programme.
Read more»
30 Jan 12
SkillSelect set to bring new changes to Australia visa application process
The website for SkillSelect, the Australian government's new streamlined online visa application system, has gone live. While applications will not be accepted until July 2012, it is the first look at one of the Australian immigration authority's biggest changes.
Read more»
27 Jan 12
Australia Day snub for refugee's citizenship ceremony
An Australian refugee with a high profile history of protests was prevented from collecting his citizenship certificate at an official Australia Day ceremony yesterday.
Read more»
26 Jan 12
Australian visa rules relaxed for hospitality workers
The fall in foreign students combined with the rapid increase in highly skilled migrants flocking to Australia's mines has seen a shortage develop in the hospitality industry. In response to this short the federal government intends to change Australian visa restrictions to encourage experienced workers for the faltering industry.
Read more»
26 Jan 12
Honoured Australian urges country to embrace Australian immigration
Speaking in an Australia Day Address in New York, CEO of the Dow Chemical Co Andrew Liveris urged Australians to embrace Australian immigration as strengthening the country's diversity.
Read more»
