Information below are from the VETASSESS website and also received via email. Source: https://www.vetassess.com.au/home/updates/post/new-occupations-added-to-far-north-queensland-dama-occupations-list Far North Queensland is looking to attract more skilled migrants with an update of its Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) Occupation List. There are a range of new occupations on the DAMA list, with a focus on the agribusiness, food production,Read more

Below is the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s (AAT) news update on the changes on their application fees starting July 1: Link to the original news article: https://www.aat.gov.au/news/changes-to-our-application-fees-on-1-july-2021-1 Application fees in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal will increase on 1 July 2021. General, Freedom of Information, security, taxation and commercial and small business taxation From 1 July 2021,Read more

The Department of Home Affairs have released an update to the Australian Citizenship Application Fees that will be implemented on 1 July 2021. The following message is from the Department of Home Affairs: On 24 June, the Government announced that, from 1 July 2021, the Department of Home Affairs will update citizenship application fees toRead more

The year 2020 was a challenging year, to say the least. Ushering in new norms and being dubbed a Global Pandemic Year due to COVID-19. Health fears caused governments to react without sufficient information and economic environments also felt the impact of changes in consumer behaviour caused by numerous factors that sent the world intoRead more

A new Legislative Instrument (LIN 20/156) was announced this week that amends LIN 18/036 to require all nominated positions to be advertised on the Government’s Jobactive website (www.jobsearch.gov.au). The new amending provision in LIN 20/156 applies to nominations made after 28 days from the commencement of the instrument, which was 3 September 2020. Therefore, theRead more