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Australia: inspectors now checking if employers meet immigration laws

11:21 27/10/2014
According to a recent report, Fair Work inspectors are now checking the immigration status of employees. An amendment to the Migration Act passed in 2013, makes it an offence for Australian employers...

Australian immigration criticised over cricketer's citizenship

11:18 03/03/2014
Australia's former immigration ministers Chris Bowen and Brendan O'Connor have been criticised for decisions to grant visas to a Pakistani asylum seeker, Fawad Ahmed, and to change the law so that Mr...

New Australian immigration minister: I'll be tough on 457 fraud

13:52 01/11/2013
The new Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison has said that he will be 'tough' on those abusing the 457 temporary work visa. Speaking at an immigration conference in Canberra on Monday 28th...

Australia: 457 visa holders to be charged for children's schooling

18:26 12/08/2013
The Western Australian territorial government has announced that it is to charge 457 visa holders a fee of AUS$4,000 per year for every child educated in government-funded schools. The government...

Tata Consulting accused of abuse of Australian immigration's '457 visa'

13:33 01/07/2013
An Australian television station has broadcast allegations that one of the world's largest outsourcing companies, Tata Consulting Services (TCS), routinely abused Australia's temporary work visa...

Australian leisure and education say new onshore visa fees are 'a disaster'

9:02 27/06/2013
Australian industry bodies have criticised the Australian government for its decision to impose hefty new visa fees from 1st July 2013. They say that the new fees are unfair and may damage the...

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