Employment Workplace Relations

Director, Philip Brewin is a specialist in Workplace Relations and heads our Workplace Relations Work Group.

Sunday, 18 December 2016

Australian Permanent Residency - 'probabtion period' proposed

Visa changes could put migrants on ‘probation’ before being granted permanent residency Fairfax Media recently published leaked sensitive papers which reveal possible changes to put migrants on probation before being deemed fit for permanent residency and Australian citizenship. The leaked papers were prepared for a meeting between the Department of Social Services and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and state how the Turnbull government hopes to save money by delaying welfare and benefits to migrants,...