Managing Migration

Migration Program Planning

The government will extend migration planning beyond the current 12 month planning cycle to fill critical skills shortages and ensure better collaboration with the states and territories.

Net overseas migration numbers are expected to fall from 510,000 in the 2022-23 financial year to 375,000 next financial year and 250,000 in 2024-25. The numbers are predicted to stabilise at this lower level from that time on.

International student numbers grew to 270,000 in 2022-23 up from 170,000 in 2028-19 prior to COVID, which also saw a return to Australia of students who had been forced to study online and offshore during the pandemic.

Temporary visa holders, ie Temporary Skilled, Working Holidays Maker and COVID pandemic event visas, accounted for 180,000 places in 2022-23, up from 100,000 in 2018-19.

Expect many changes to most subclasses in 2024.

Mark McGowan back flips on his pre-election promises and fights to get Perth listed back as being regional for visa purposes.

Regional migration intake upped to 25,000 The maximum number of migrants able to move to regional Australia under a successful new scheme will be lifted to 25,000. When the regional migration program...

The Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (formerly the Department of Jobs and Small Business) regularly reviews the skilled migration occupation lists to ensure they are responsive to genuine skill needs across Australia.

The next update to Australia’s skilled migration occupation lists is scheduled to be announced in March 2020.

On 4 September 2019, the Department commenced a review of the skilled migration occupation lists and is currently meeting with interested stakeholders. If you would like to meet with this Department please email [email protected].

Members may wish to provide information on the consultation process to client employer groups, industry associations or other relevant stakeholders who may wish to provide input into the lists.

Further information is available on the Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business website.

Global Liveability Report 2019: Perth maintains 14th place but Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide crack top 10

Perth fails to crack top 10 most liveable cities WA’s capital has maintained its 14th-placed ranking, while three Australian metropolises have cracked the top 10.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-23/permanent-migration-cut-looms-coalition-home-affairs/11438240?fbclid=IwAR20CTlapDJsbc2Kc3U0NePcjJcgakgsrs_P6OL2uGOUFsRycXWVSSr7rNg

Permanent migrant intake set for another cut under Coalition, experts say New programs many not attract as many migrants as set out in planning levels, making it even harder for regional businesses.