Australia’s New Migration Strategy
Action Plan 2024
Learn everything you need to know about Australian
New Migration Strategy and get end-to-end expert guidance from us.
Action Plan 2024
Learn everything you need to know about Australian
New Migration Strategy and get end-to-end expert guidance from us.
Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024
Learn everything you need to know about Australian
New Migration Strategy and get end-to-end expert guidance from us.
Learn everything you need to know about Australian
New Migration Strategy and get end-to-end expert guidance from us.
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Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024
The Australian government has introduced "Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024," featuring eight main steps and over 25 fresh policy pledges and areas for upcoming changes. This Migration Strategy aims to bring migration numbers almost back to what they were before the pandemic by the next financial year. It's designed to make sure the migration system is suitable for today's economic situation and prepared for the future.
Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024: Overview
The main goals of Australia's Migration Strategy include:
- Improving Australians' Quality of Life: The strategy aims to enhance productivity, address skill shortages, and boost exports to raise living standards across the country.
- Promoting Fairness at Work: It seeks to improve job conditions for all workers, ensuring fair wages and preventing the exploitation of migrant workers.
- Strengthening Community Bonds: By carefully planning how many people migrate to Australia, the strategy helps migrants settle into their new lives with opportunities for permanent residency and citizenship, thereby fostering stronger community ties.
- Enhancing International Ties: The strategy aims to deepen Australia's economic and social relationships with neighbouring countries and global partners.
- Improving the Migration Process: It focuses on making the migration system quicker, more efficient, and fairer for both migrants and employers.
Targeting Temporary Skilled Migration: Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024
1. Increase TSMIT:
Raise the Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold from $53,900 to $70,000.
- Status: Existing commitment
- Implementation: July 2023
Provide a pathway to permanent residence for temporary skilled visa holders.
- Status: Existing commitment
- Implementation: November 2023
Develop a new visa with full mobility and clear pathways to permanent residence.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2024
Create a pathway to drive innovation and job creation.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2024
Develop a pathway to meet targeted workforce needs.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2024
Legislate income threshold indexation to maintain system integrity.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: 1 July 2024
Simplify LMT to reduce complexity.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2023 (Workforce Australia change)
Implement 4 to 6-month validity for LMT.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2024
Adopt a coordinated, evidence-based approach.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2024
Establish best practices for processing times and a modernised accreditation pathway.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Mid to late 2024
Consider regulation for migration of lower paid workers with essential skills.
- Status: Future reform
- Consultation Start: Early to mid-2024
Reshaping Permanent Skilled Migration: Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024
1. Reformed Points Test: Explore a reformed test to better identify migrants for long-term prosperity.
- Status: Future reform
- Discussion Paper Release: Early 2024
- Status: Future reform
- Consultation Start: Early to mid-2024
Strengthening International Education Integrity: Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024
1. Integrity Measures:
Introduce measures to improve international education integrity.
- Status: Existing commitment
- Implementation: Ongoing
Increase requirements to improve educational experience and reduce exploitation.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Early 2024
Apply greater scrutiny to applications from high-risk providers.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Late 2023 (Ministerial Direction)
Bolster the unit to reduce misuse of the student visa system.
- Status: Implemented
- Implementation: Late 2023
Strengthen requirements.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: 2024
Restrict onshore visa hopping.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Early to mid-2024
Strengthen and simplify.
- Status: New Commitment
- Implementation: Mid-2024
Support students and graduates to realise their potential.
- Status: Future reform
- Consultation Start: Early to mid-2024
Tackling Worker Exploitation: Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024
1. Legislation Against Exploitation:
Introduce legislation and penalties for unscrupulous employers.
- Status: Existing commitment
- Implementation: Mid-2024 (pending legislation)
Introduce protections against visa cancellation for exploited migrant workers.
- Status: New commitment
- Implementation: Mid-2024
Better regulate migration agents to prevent unscrupulous activity.
- Status: Ongoing
Help migrants understand their rights to reduce exploitation.
- Status: Ongoing
- Status: Implementation underway
Create a united capability in the Department of Home Affairs.
- Status: Phased implementation ongoing
Develop a register for monitoring and oversight.
- Status: New commitment
- Implementation: Late 2024 (aligned with new Skills in Demand visa)
- Status: Future reform
- Consultation Start: Early to mid-2024
Improve monitoring and compliance, including through tax system coordination.
- Status: Ongoing
In conclusion, "Australia’s New Migration Strategy Action Plan 2024" is preparing to make Australia a leading destination for skilled workers, filling critical job shortages and enhancing the overall migration system.
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1. AECC Australia Migration Services
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3. What You Need to Know About Designated Area Migration Agreements
4. Change in Points for General Skilled Migration Visas
5. South Australia - Skilled & Business Migration Program Closure Dates
6. Boost Your Migration Points with NAATI Accreditation
For anyone looking for more information or help with these changes, AECC is here to assist. Stay updated and ready for the new opportunities that Australia’s migration strategy will bring.
