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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced tighter conditions for international students and backpackers and more removals of people who overstay, and said net overseas migration forecasts will be treated as targets. Some measures still need parliamentary support.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © ABC News.
Two Mitchell Institute researchers place the new limits on students' family members and course switching within a longer push to reduce student numbers, and question whether the policy debate focuses on the right goals for international education.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © The Conversation.
Most international students will be barred from bringing relatives, working holiday places will be capped, and visa switching and overstaying will face tougher action. The government says this will bring net overseas migration to 225,000 by 2027-28.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © The Conversation.
New population figures show net overseas migration and population growth at their slowest pace in about four years. Industry groups quoted warn that tighter work visa settings could make skills shortages worse.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © The Nightly.
One Nation proposes cutting about 750,000 migration places over three years, reducing student visas to roughly a third of current levels and removing family visas for skilled migrants. Labor minister Murray Watt said the plan would hurt regional economies.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © ABC News.
Revised visa processing priorities have pushed the reopening of a Western Australian abattoir into next year, and other WA producers report unresolved visas for overseas workers after local recruitment fell short.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © ABC News.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ruled out requiring British backpackers to work in regional areas, an option considered to reduce migration, because of the UK trade agreement. No date had then been set for the wider migration changes.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © ABC News.
A July direction put most skilled visa applicants overseas behind those already in Australia. Employers say overseas nurses, teachers and other workers now wait up to a year, and business groups say this is hurting the economy.
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Educators expected Australia to follow the UK's 2024 limits on visas for students' partners and children. Abul Rizvi and others said separating families is unfair. The government had not yet announced its plans.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © Times Higher Education.
Business and mining groups oppose the migration cuts proposed by all major parties. They say overseas workers are needed to build major projects.
Summary by YourVisaSite. Headline and article © ABC News.
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