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Backpacker ballot and detention centre for visa overstayers: what we know about Australia’s new migration plan

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Australia Replaces Ministerial Direction 119: Is It Getting Easier for Skilled Professionals?

Australia Replaces Ministerial Direction 119: Is It Getting Easier for Skilled Professionals? HIGHLIGHTS: AUSTRALIA REPLACES MD 119 WITH NEW SKILLED VISA PRIORITIES: WHAT HAS CHAN...

Australia Updates Skilled Visa Processing Priorities for 2026. Check Your Eligibility!

Australia Updates Skilled Visa Processing Priorities for 2026. Check Your Eligibility! HIGHLIGHTS: AUSTRALIA FAST TRACKS PRIORITY SECTORS UNDER NEW SKILLED VISA PROCESSING RULES...

Sydney travelled, learned a trade and found love in Australia. It might have been a different story under Labor’s migrat...

Tony Burke plans to cap second-year working visa holders – but people in regional Queensland worry it could hurt the economyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podc...

Australia unveils new rules to trim immigration, targeting backpackers, students’ families and visa overstayers

Most international students unable to bring dependants or family members to Australia under migration policy announced by Tony Burke at National Press ClubFollow our Australia news...

Watch: Australia’s debate on migration

Watch ABC New Australia's televised national forum on migration, including commentary from Abul Rizvi who recently spoke at The PIE Live Asia Pacific, and contributions from severa...

Australia tightens visa rules for students, backpackers to cut migration

Australia is cracking down on visa rules for international students and backpackers as the government seeks to curb migration and get a firmer grip on temporary migration pathways,...

Pocock says skilled migrants should be top priority as Australia faces shortage of AI workers and tradies – as it happen...

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Gut-wrenching’: Bowen to meet with Nepali community todayChris Bowen said he would meet members o...

Australia updates student visa rules for Indian students. Check Your Eligibility!

Australia updates student visa rules for Indian students. Check Your Eligibility! HIGHLIGHTS: AUSTRALIA INTRODUCES NEW STUDENT VISA RULES FOR INDIAN STUDENTS WITH UPCOMING ACADEMI...

Australian opposition party vows 'biggest cut to immigration' in country's history

Plans to slash temporary, humanitarian visas, prioritise skilled workers amid growing anti-immigration sentiment

Australian visa grants become less predictable

South Africans planning trips to Australia are facing growing uncertainty, with travel agents…

International students, 'visa hoppers' and backpackers targeted in Australia migration crackdown

The government wants to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 people by 2028.

Australia just changed its visa rules. So what about its bespoke Hong Kong pathway?

Hongkongers aiming to settle in Australia through a bespoke study-to-migrate pathway will not be exempt from new rules barring applicants from bringing along their families, the co...

How does Australia’s migration system actually work? 5 common myths busted

Australia’s migration system is complicated. It’s heavily influenced by politics and global pressures, which can make it difficult to understand. This often results in lively debat...

Australia is talking about migration – but what do people at the centre of the debate have to say?

Migrants like Shamsullah Sadey from Afghanistan fear they are increasingly being seen ‘more as a number or problem than people contributing to Australia’Follow our Australia news l...

Visa news: Indian students to face new family restrictions in Australia, no 'visa hopping' allowed

Australia to begin detaining tourists who overstay visas

A government minister said that tourists would be put in immigration detention to reduce the level of visa overstayers, which has risen to 77,000.

Irish Workers Face Tougher Rules To Stay In Australia

Young Irish travellers working in hospitality and agriculture in Australia face tougher rules if they want to extend their stay, with a new visa lottery set to replace the previous...

Migration Politics and Work Health and Safety

Like many other countries, Australia’s political debate seems dominated by immigration issues. This week, after Federal Minister Tony Burke announced the government’s revised immig...

Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration

Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in ministers’ sights as they seek to reduce overseas arrivalsFollow our Australia news...

Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration

Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in ministers’ sights as they seek to reduce overseas arrivalsFollow our Australia news...

Australia to ban student dependants as Labor fends off far-right pressure

Australia is set to introduce sweeping changes to its immigration policy by barring international students from bringing dependants, in a bid to ease housing pressures and fend off...

Australia squeezes dependants as wider student migration questions emerge

Australia is squeezing access to dependant visas as the government moves to reduce net overseas migration, with wider questions emerging over its student migration settings and 295...

Australia, where the bloody hell are you?

Tony Burke's migration reforms show why, in international education, signals travel faster than policy. The post Australia, where the bloody hell are you? appeared first on The PIE...