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After almost two years Australia’s international borders will open for all visitors provided they are fully vaccinated from 21 February 2022. The unvaccinated will still be able to enter Australia but must be approved a travel exemption prior.
Read MoreA raft of announcements benefitting student visa holders and WHMs will give them unrestricted work rights, effective immediately, regional visa holders automatic extensions for 3 years and extensions and access to a further graduate visa for those affected by travel restrictions.
Read MoreThe recent events of Novak Djokovic’s cancelling, quashing and re-cancelling of his subclass 408 – Temporary Activities visa, serves up more questions about executive power, jurisprudence and philosophical questions relevant to our times than just another immigration case.
Read MoreTwo new Designated Area Migration Agreements (DAMAs) for South West Western Australia and northern Victoria were announced this week to start in 2022. These will likely utilise 482 and 186 visas and will bring the total number of these regional work agreements up to nine.
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