Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – Support for Victorian families, childcare workers and services The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister  The Hon. Dan Tehan MP Minister for Education JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 5 August 2020 SUPPORT FOR VICTORIAN FAMILIES, CHILDCARE WORKERS AND SERVICES The Morrison Government has stepped up to provide childcare relief for thousands of Victorian families while ensuring services can remain viable and staff are retained during the Stage four lockdown. From today, the Victorian Government’s restrictions mean children, except for vulnerable children and those of permitted workers, in metropolitan Melbourne will no longer be able to attend childcare for six weeks. ...

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Australia gets poor score on international students: By Royce Millar and Ben Schneiders Guilherme Sena, a hospitality student and chef from Brazil, is among thousands of foreigners stranded in Australia with no access to direct assistance from the federal government.CREDIT:SCOTT MCNAUGHTON Source: The Age Australia is risking its standing as a $40 billion education destination because of lack of support for international students stranded by the coronavirus pandemic, experts warn. Analysis commissioned by the federal government shows some countries have provided much more support to international students during the coronavirus pandemic. The analysis, obtained by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, details how Britain, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland have backed international students in hardship, including through access to government welfare – some paying close to $600 a week – and through flexibility on visas. ...

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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 ...

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UNCLASSIFIED THE HON SCOTT MORRISON MP Prime Minister THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population  THE HON DAVID COLEMAN MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs  SENATOR THE HON BRIDGET MCKENZIE Deputy Leader of the Nationals Minister for Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation  THE HON DAN TEHAN MP Minister for Education  JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday, 20 March 2019 A PLAN FOR AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE POPULATION The Morrison Government will tackle the impact of increasing population in congested cities and back smaller cities and regions looking for greater growth to secure their economic future and the key public services they rely on. We will reduce the cap on our migration program, build the infrastructure and deliver the services Australians need, and plan for a more evenly distributed population growth. These changes are about easing population pressures in our biggest cities, while ensuring regional communities ...

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