Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Australian Working Holiday Visa Tax to Go Ahead

11:46 01/03/2016
The Australian government has resisted calls to scrap the so-called 'backpacker tax', which is set to come into force in July 2016. Despite strong opposition from Australian farmers and tourism...

Australian Immigration Department in World Leaders' Security Breach

15:32 15/04/2015
The personal details of world leaders including Cameron, Merkel, Modi, Obama and Putin, were accidentally sent to Asian Cup football tournament organisers. Despite the security breach, the Australian...

Wealthy Chinese migrants forsake Canada for Australia

16:39 21/02/2014
Chinese nationals have lodged more than 90% of applications for the new Australian Significant Investor Visa since it opened in November 2012. The Significant Investor Visa allows wealthy foreign...