The Australian Government’s Migration Strategy outlined a new vision for Australia’s migration system. This included a policy roadmap containing 8 key actions, and over 25 new policy commitments and areas for future reform.
As part of the Migration Strategy, the Department of Home Affairs is committed to ‘evaluate regional migration settings and the Working Holiday Maker program to ensure migration supports development objectives in regional Australia and does not contribute to the exploitation of migrant workers’.
The migration system plays a key role in supporting regional Australia to prosper through the injection of culture, skills, innovation and economic benefits that migration brings.
The purpose of the discussion paper is to seek views from stakeholders – communities, businesses, unions, local governments, state and territory governments, education providers, and others – on how to improve regional migration settings to support strong and sustainable regions, while complementing existing government initiatives.
The paper proposes objectives for regional migration, suggests opportunities where regional migration could work better and outlines questions on which the Government is seeking feedback from stakeholders.
As part of this process the Department of Home Affairs will now be conducting in-person consultations in the regions in:
The South Australian Business Chamber has been assisting regional businesses for years with an integrated and streamlined migration service tailored to the needs of businesses and individual visa applicants.
Our specialist areas include employer-sponsored visas, business skilled visas, general skilled visas, migration monitoring and compliance.
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