Fail the practical driving test in Queensland and the loss is larger than a booking fee. The wording on the state’s own website leaves no room for a second reading. If you fail, “your authority to drive on your overseas licence will be withdrawn”. The car in the driveway stays in the driveway. From that […]Read More
Two engineers arrive in Australia on the same visa, in the same month, sponsored by the same employer. One takes the Melbourne role and one takes the Canberra role. Each enrols a child in Year 3 at the local government school. The Melbourne family pays nothing. The Canberra family pays $11,100 a year. Nothing about […]Read More
In 2024-25, 23,015 people holding Indian nationality became Australian citizens. India was the second largest source country after New Zealand, out of more than 190 nationalities represented. Every one of those 23,015 people has to give up their Indian citizenship, because India does not permit holding both. And every one of them who wants to […]Read More
An Indian teacher can satisfy the Department of Home Affairs that her English is good enough for a skilled visa by sitting the Pearson Test of English. She can do it at a centre in Hyderabad, get her result in about two days, and lodge her application. Then she reaches the Australian Institute for Teaching […]Read More
India sends more nurses to Australia than any other country. It has done since 2021, when it passed the United Kingdom. In April 2025, Australia opened a fast track that cuts nursing registration from nine to twelve months down to one to six. Seven jurisdictions across six countries were named as comparable. India was not […]Read More
The Australia migration debate is usually conducted at national scale: targets, visa numbers and annual population growth. But migration does not happen in spreadsheets. It happens in suburbs. Few places show that more clearly than Melbourne’s west, where some of Australia’s fastest-growing communities are also home to large populations with roots in India and across […]Read More
National “March for Australia” rallies will return to Australian capital cities this Sunday, 30 August, almost exactly one year after the movement first brought thousands of anti-immigration protesters onto streets across the country. This time, however, the message being presented to the public is different. Rather than putting “mass immigration” at the centre of its […]Read More
A major overhaul of Australia’s migration system that was expected to be announced earlier this month remains unfinished, but one proposal emerging from the government’s deliberations could have significant consequences for thousands of temporary migrants — including Indian nationals. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke had been scheduled to address the National Press Club on 6 […]Read More
Australia’s migration regulator has sanctioned three registered migration agents/front agents after finding they allowed unregistered people to provide immigration assistance using their professional registration numbers, exposing a practice authorities describe as “front agent” activity. The action by the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA) includes one cancellation and two suspensions. In the most […]Read More
An offshore Indian student who lodged a Subclass 500 application in early 2025 may have found that the speed of the decision had little to do with the strength of their own file. It turned instead on a number attached to the university or college named on the form, and on how close that provider […]Read More
