THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP MINISTER FOR POPULATION, CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS MEDIA RELEASE 30 November 2020 Further changes to support Family visa applicants The Morrison Government is making further changes to the Family visa program to support applicants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government has been working over recent months to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on visa holders and has already introduced a number of arrangements to support those who have been impacted. This includes providing visa holders flexibility to remain in Australia, or to continue their visa pathway even if they have been unable to travel due to the current international border restrictions. In addition to these changes, the Government will allow certain Family visas which have been applied for outside Australia, to be granted while the visa applicant is in Australia. This temporary concession will ...
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THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP MINISTER FOR POPULATION, CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS 18 November 2020 Citizenship appointments resume in all states and territories More people now have the opportunity to become Australian citizens, with citizenship testing and appointments now available in all states and territories following COVID-19 shutdowns. In-person citizenship tests and appointments resumed in Melbourne this week, after COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria eased. Testing has progressively resumed in other states and territories as COVID-19 restrictions have allowed. ...
A/g Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs | Media Release | New requirement to learn English to maximise job prospects THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS MEDIA RELEASE 8 October 2020 NEW REQUIREMENT TO LEARN ENGLISH TO MAXIMISE JOB PROSPECTS The Morrison Government is introducing new requirements for partner visa applicants and their permanent resident sponsors to make reasonable efforts to learn English. English is our national language and is critical to getting a job, fully participating in our democracy and for social cohesion. Only 13 per cent of those with no English skills are in work compared to 62 per cent of those who speak English well. ...
Oct 10, 2020
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Refugee detained in Brisbane for seven years pleads for government not to take away his phone – By Peter Bugden Phone support: “Their mental health is so poor because they’ve been locked up so long now and there’s no hope of a resolution; they feel quite hopeless.” Source:CatholicLeader “PLEASE, we are human … So please, please, consider and treat us as human beings,” is the plea of a Sri Lankan refugee languishing in detention in Brisbane on hearing the news that the Australian Government could take away his mobile phone. Raj is a Tamil refugee, a businessman from Sri Lanka who Australia has held in immigration detention for seven years. As a political refugee he is afraid to give his full name, and he doesn’t want his parents back home to know what he is going through. ...
Sep 17, 2020
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) community update 31 August 2020 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) community update Dear Community Representatives, thank you again for your engagement and efforts to support your communities through this time. We know that there is a lot of information available about COVID-19 and its impacts on the Australian community. We endeavour to keep you updated and hope that the information in this newsletter is useful for you to pass on to your communities. ...
Sep 1, 2020
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THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP MINISTER FOR POPULATION, CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS MEDIA RELEASE 14 August 2020 Citizenship appointments resume Australian citizenship testing and interviews, which were suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions, have now resumed in Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, said appointments will be held in line with state and territory restrictions and with the safety of both staff and applicants as the top priority. “More migrants can now continue to progress towards becoming Australian citizens, joining the record number of people who pledged their allegiance to Australia last year,” Minister Tudge said. ...
THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP MINISTER FOR POPULATION, CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS In-person citizenship ceremonies to resume 8 June 2020 The Government has resumed in-person citizenship ceremonies with local councils invited to begin hosting small events where safe to do so and in line with the latest health advice. We moved quickly to implement online ceremonies when COVID-19 restrictions came into effect and more than 25,000 became Australian citizens via this method. These online ceremonies meant people could pledge their allegiance to Australia at a time of great uncertainty and become citizens despite face-to-face restrictions. Now that restrictions are easing, councils will once again be able to host small ceremonies in line with the public gathering requirements in their state or territory. Online ceremonies will continue for councils unable to host physical events safely so we can continue to see ...
The Hon Alan Tudge MP Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Transcript COVID19 Multicultural media briefing – Melbourne 29 April 2020 Subjects: Coronavirus, COVIDSafe App, racism, support for small business, China, temporary visa holders ALAN TUDGE: Well, good morning everybody and thanks for joining us once again at these weekly updates which I provide. I wanted to start just by again saying a very big thank you to all Australians, including the multicultural communities here in Australia. We have a total number of cases of just over 6700 at the moment, and in the last 24 hours, only 13 new infections were discovered. Now, that is a very low number and that continues the trend which Australia is on in terms of having a very, very low infection rate. So it’s very pleasing and everybody has made a contribution ...
Apr 30, 2020
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UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister The Hon. Alan Tudge MP Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure The Hon. Dan Tehan MP Minister for Education The Hon. David Coleman MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Saturday 26 October 2019 MORRISON GOVERNMENT INCREASES REGIONAL MIGRATION TARGET The Morrison Government is stepping up its commitment to regional Australia by ensuring our migration system encourages skilled migrants to live and work in our smaller cities and regions. In March this year, the Government announced it would reduce the permanent migration cap from 190,000 to 160,000 places, and within that set aside 23,000 places for regional visas. Following unprecedented growth (124 per cent) in the number of regional visas granted in the first quarter of this programme year, the Government is increasing the total number of regional places to 25,000. The definition of regional ...
Oct 31, 2019
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UNCLASSIFIED THE HON SCOTT MORRISON MP Prime Minister THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, 1 May 2019 New projects to get Queenslanders home sooner and safer The Morrison Government will fund thirteen new congestion-busting projects across South-East Queensland with a further $226.25 million funding boost. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the projects would help thousands of people living in South-East Queensland. “People are sick of sitting in traffic and these local and practical measures will help people get home sooner and safer,” Mr Morrison said. “By managing money and running a strong economy we are able to invest record funding in road and rail projects which improve the lives of so many Queenslanders. “This funding will fix local traffic pinch points and bottlenecks that have the most impact on congestion, helping everyone get home sooner.” Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure ...
May 1, 2019
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