Federal Government announce new migration strategy

The Federal Government have announced a new Migration Strategy, built around the findings of the Parkinson Review and targeting five key objectives:

• Raising living standards by boosting productivity, meeting skills shortages and supporting exports
• Ensuring a fair go in the workplace by complementing the jobs, wages and conditions of domestic workers and preventing migrant worker exploitation
• Building stronger communities by better planning for sustainable migration, and giving migrants the opportunity to invest in their lives in Australia through permanent residence and citizenship
• Strengthening international relationships by building stronger economic and social connections with our regional neighbours and international partners
• Making the system work by being fast, efficient and fair for migrants and employers

Australia’s net-overseas migration levels will be cut to bring net-overseas migration to 375,000 this financial year, compared with 510,000 in 2022-23. Among the changes, a new “specialist skills pathway” will remove occupation lists for jobs that pay above $135,000, English language requirements for students will be raised, and Graduate visas will see their maximum eligible age reduced from 50 to 35.

Access the Migration Strategy and learn more at Home Affairs
View the joint Federal Government media release Fixing Australia’s broken Migration System
Read analysis in The Pie here, and The Conversation here, here and here