Migration, Pathway to Nation Building – Recommendations that Support Skilled Migration
On 23 November 2022, the Joint Standing Committee on Migration (JSCM) initiated an inquiry into the role of permanent migration in nation building, at the request of the then Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O’Neil MP. The final report from this inquiry was completed in September 2024 and made public on 9 October 2024. The […]
ANZSCO to Transition to OSCA in December 2024
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ) have announced upcoming changes to their occupational statistical classifications. The Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) was jointly developed by the ABS, Stats NZ and the then Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. While maintaining overall comparability, […]
Transition to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART): What You Need to Know
The new Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) replaces the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) with new rules in place to ensure the transition goes smoothly. The ART is a federal administrative review body that is user-focused, efficient, accessible, independent, and fair. The change addresses perceptions Australia’s appeals system was under-resourced and over-politicised. Like the AAT, the ART […]