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At least 30,000 graduates lose qualifications in Australia’s vocational education crackdown: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/13/at-least-30000-graduates-lose-qualifications-in-australias-vocational-education-crackdown?fbclid=IwY2xjawODhstleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF1RXgzbWhhd1hESlRWbjA1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHiy8RGgPxgUiDokzfLayK-d9Up4k4F_5zdkq3hDaI_46_33OD8EGqRV4BkQq_aem_7cgelL7KIOPr-QnQW3sRjw

At least 30,000 graduates lose qualifications in Australia’s vocational education crackdown Since late 2024, registrations of 11 VET organisations have been cancelled, voiding diplomas, certificates and statements of attainment

Yesterday, the Migration Institute of Australia ("MIA") confirmed having received queries from members asking if the address for Parent and Child visas has changed from Perth to Melbourne as the tracking showed that applications posted to Perth were redirected to Melbourne.

The MIA confirmed that the address for these applications has not changed and remains the same. An internal Home Affairs administrative process requires that after initial delivery and receipt in Perth, the applications are redirected to an address in Melbourne to be scanned before being returned to the Perth parent visa centre or the Perth Child and Other Family Processing Centre

The original date of receipt of the application is not affected by this internal Home Affairs administrative process and the application lodgement date will be in accordance with the date the application reached Perth. LPN 5510432

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Expanding pathways to PR for temporary skilled sponsored workers:

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Closure of Pandemic Event Visa:

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Skilled and Business Migration update – 2023–24 nomination allocations (South Australia):

Skilled and Business Migration update – 2023–24 nomination allocations | Move to South Australia The Commonwealth Government has provided an unexpected and substantial reduction in visa nomination allocations for South Australia’s General Skilled Migration (GSM) program in 2023–2024. Recently, the Commonwealth Government provided advice of its decision to significantly reduce visa nominatio...

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'It is only fair': New Zealanders get direct pathway to Australian citizenship Some 400,000 New Zealanders living in Australia will soon have their path to citizenship eased. Here's what's changing.

Subclass 485 visa extended post study rights

Ministers Clare O'Neil and Jason Clare have jointly announced that the post-study work rights for international students who have graduated from an Australian higher education provider, will be extended to assist in addressing skills shortages.

A list of eligible occupations and eligible qualifications have been released, targeting health, teaching, engineering and agricultural fields.

The extended work rights come into effect from 1 July 2023. Current settings will be increased by two years for each graduate level, from:

- two years to four years for select Bachelor degrees
- three years to five years for select Masters degrees
- four years to six years for all Doctoral degrees.

Existing regional and remote Australia settings will be maintained and where relevant will be eligible for the additional two years.

These targeted skills will be considered on an annual basis and updated as needed in response to the labour market.

Eligible graduates with a valid Temporary Graduate Visa on 1 July 2023 or who apply for a Temporary Graduate Visa after 1 July 2023, will be considered for the two year extension.

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Australia to impose COVID-19 tests for travellers coming from China People arriving from China will need to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19 before boarding a flight to Australia, the health minister has announced.

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/visas-in-three-days-for-teachers-and-nurses/4rij2ck0l?cid=newsapp:socialshare:email

'Visas in three days' for teachers and nurses who want to come to Australia Visas for teachers and healthcare workers are now being assessed within days after the Australian government changed the way it prioritises skilled visa applications.

The Labor Government elected in May 2022 delivered its first Budget on 25 October 2022.

There were immigration related announcements in this Budget, with some having been previously announced:

- 195,000 permanent migration places;
- an additional $42.2 million to accelerate visa processing, resolve
the visa backlog and raise awareness of opportunities for high-
skilled migrants in Australia’s permanent Migration Program;
- extended relaxation of work restrictions for student visa holders
and secondary training visas holders to 30 June 2023; and
- priority processing of offshore skilled migration applications and
on-hand NZ Stream Skilled Independent SC 189 applications.

New announcements:

- an additional 500 places in the aged care training pathway for
Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme participants
2022–23;
- a new Pacific Engagement Visa with up to 3,000 permanent
migration places for nationals of Pacific Island countries and
Timor-Leste, in addition to the existing permanent migration
program;
- additional funding for 3 year Temporary Humanitarian Concern
Visas (subclass 786) for Ukrainians and extended access to
Medicare for a 12 month period for Ukrainians, including their
immediate family members, who hold a Bridging Visa E;
- $0.6 million in additional funding in 2022–23 for the Ukrainian
Community and Settlement Support; and
- nil visa application charges for international teams, officials and
official carers participating in the Virtus Oceania Asia Games
2022.