The start of the financial year on 1 July means a resetting of spots in Australia's migration program, opening up new opportunities for people from overseas. But this year also presents some key changes for certain visa holders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Census 2021 shows India overtakes China in migration, nearly half of all Australians have an overseas-born parent
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Melbourne-based teachers are being offered $700 a day to work casual shifts in country Victoria as regional schools grapple with a “dire” staff shortage that one veteran principal says is as bad as he has seen.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said National Cabinet has recognised the need to clear the backlog of visas slowing the arrival of migrants to help fill skill shortages.
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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has described delays in visa processing as a “priority” for his government to address, with one analyst describing the agency overseeing the migration program as in “absolute gridlock”.
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Provision of high-quality in-home aged care services and recruitment of tens of thousands of new workers to the struggling sector are among key priorities for incoming minister Anika Wells.
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The new aged care minister will begin looking at the prospect of using migration to help fill tens of thousands of vacancies across the sector as both unions and providers call for permanent residency for imported staff.
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Labor's innovation spokeswoman says immigration changes are needed to allow more skilled permanent migrants into the country to boost manufacturing, science and technology.
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