Immigration Updates

Media report (not official): SBS reports the 2026-27 Budget holds the permanent program at 185,000 places with a skilled majority and gives priority to applicants already in Australia. Other reported measures include faster skills recognition for trades, expanded working holiday ballots and extra funding for student visa scrutiny.

Media report (not official): ABC reports a man released after the NZYQ ruling lost his High Court challenge to removal to Nauru. The court rejected his procedural fairness and health-based arguments, leaving the government's Nauru arrangement in place.