New Regional Visa Push – a visa of last resort
The Federal government has touted the creation of two new ‘Regional Visas’, as being critical to achieving its ‘congestion busting’ agenda to promote regional migration. But analysis has quickly revealed that the visas themselves are unlikely to achieve this goal. In fact, the visa program design is so flawed they are essentially visas of ‘last […]
Regional immigration the top priority of Australia’s new immigration minister
David Coleman, Australia’s newest immigration minister, has stated his priority is regional immigration. The new immigration minister has flagged a revamp of regional visas to get migrants to struggling regional communities, saying some towns are begging for migrants. He highlighted Warrnambool in Victoria, the Goldfields area of Western Australia and the entire state of South […]