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📙 Daily Activity Report: 17 Sep 2026
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📣 Latest WA Invitation Round 16 Sep 2026:
Data shown below is crowdsourced from multiple sources. Points inclusive of state points. Data will be updated into our database at the end of the day. WA publishes complete round data pdf here within a few days of the round. Once available, the PDF will be shared here. - 190 Bricklayer 75 pts - 190 Carpenter 65 pts - 190 Chef 90 pts - 190 Civil Engineer 90 pts WASMOL 2 - 190 Civil Engineering Draftsperson 90 pts WASMOL 2 - 190 Mechanical Engineer 100 pts (to be confirmed) - 190 Painter 75 pts - 491 Painter 85 pts - 491 Social Worker 100 pts - 190 Structural Engineer 90 pts
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🇦🇺 Migration Program Announcement
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke outlined a migration shake-up at the National Press Club on 17 September 2026, aimed at easing housing pressures while keeping workers Australia needs. DHA Minister Tony Burke livestream link here.
Useful Links: - SBS News Live Updates - Brisbane Times - ABC News Article
Here are the main takeaways from ABC’s live coverage:
🔹 Skilled visa processing priorities Burke announced an update to Ministerial Direction 119, naming health, construction, agriculture, fisheries and teaching as priority sectors (we have to wait for updated 119, these are broad remarks). This concerns processing priorities—not an announcement of extra skilled invitation places. Points system might also adjust to bring more parity between trade and higher qualifications.
🔹 Restrictions on student and graduate visa dependants International students would largely be restricted from bringing family, with Burke outlining changes covering student and graduate visas. Exceptions would include people from Pacific and ASEAN countries, and certain courses such as PhDs. He said families already in Australia with family members attached to their visas would not be split up.
🔹 Further study must move up the qualification ladder The government plans to restrict “visa hopping” through successive courses at the same or a lower qualification level. Burke gave moving from a bachelor’s degree to a master’s as an acceptable example of progression.
🔹 “No Further Stay” on future visitor visas Burke announced that all future visitor visas would carry a No Further Stay provision, restricting options to apply for another visa while in Australia. He said the change would apply to future visas, not retrospectively to families already here.
🔹 Fewer second- and third-year working holiday visas Normal processing speeds would be restored for primary working holiday applications, but extensions would tighten: • Second year: a limit of 45,000. • Third year: a 5,000-place ballot.
Burke also said Australia would honour its free trade agreement commitments.
🔹 Stronger action on visa overstayers The government plans 100 additional compliance officers and 250 additional detention beds, and is considering repurposing a former Melbourne quarantine facility.
The broader message: Burke said migration remains a strength for Australia, but numbers need to ease so housing can catch up. He also recognised that moving from study to a graduate visa, then into a skills-shortage job and eventually citizenship, can be a legitimate pathway—not automatically “visa hopping”.
⚠️ These are announcements from today’s speech. Commencement dates, detailed exemptions and the final rules need to be checked against official Home Affairs updates before making visa decisions.
Source: ABC News live coverage
📙 Daily Activity Report: 16 Sep 2026
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DHA Media Release: Migration reform to end rorts and bring in the skills Australia needs for a strong economy
The Albanese Labor Government has spent the past four years delivering a more orderly, fair, and targeted migration system, while also getting Net Overseas Migration down by 47 per cent. Our focus is on attracting the skills Australia needs, supporting economic growth and productivity, and ensuring migration settings work for Australian workers and communities. Today’s Net Overseas Migration data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show our sensible and measured approach is working – with NOM falling to 292,000, down 47 per cent from the post-Covid peak in 2023. Today we are outlining the next stage of migration policies, and they are designed to deliver the Net Overseas Migration forecasts in the Budget of 245,000 in this financial year and 225,000 in 2027/28. Australia welcomes people who make a genuine contribution to our country. Australia does not support people who seek to rort or defraud the system. We’re making changes to give us more control over who arrives, who stays and who leaves.
We will do this by:
- Strengthening compliance measures to ensure people without valid visas leave the country.
- Updating Ministerial Direction 119 to ensure the skilled migration program supports priority processing for a range of key sectors, including healthcare, construction, education, law enforcement, defence, resources, agriculture, aquaculture and fishing.
- Improving the integrity of student visas by stopping visa hopping and restricting secondary applicants on most student visas
- Cracking down on rogue migration agents who knowingly support visa applications without merit Introducing a No Further Stay condition to all visitor visas to ensure they are only used by genuine visitors and not as a pathway to extending a stay in Australia.
- Updating Ministerial Direction 110 to combat hate and criminal behaviour by:
- better protecting children who are victims of crime
- better protecting victims of domestic and family violence, and
- reflecting modern Australia’s commitment to stamping out hatred.
- Changing the Working Holiday Maker Program to introduce a ballot system for years two and three where there will be a regional work requirement in support of regional Australia. The government will also stabilise processing times for Working Holiday Maker applications to three months.
We will continue to be strong on borders and maintain the integrity of our migration system, while treating people with the fairness and decency that Australians expect.
Quotes Attributable to Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke MP “The government supports immigration but is opposed to anyone rorting the immigration system. “Almost everyone who comes to Australia is a good guest in our country. These reforms are to ensure that our migration system can be better targeted to the current needs of Australia.
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TAS Processing Times and Invitations
Data on processing times, ROIs and nomination applications
ROIs invited to apply for nomination on 17/09/2026: Subclass 190 - 37 invitations - 7 Gold invitations and 30 Green invitations Subclass 491 - 26 invitations - 0 Gold invitations and 26 further invitations
The lowest scores invited: Subclass 190 - 375 points Subclass 491 - 72 points
Number of ROIs on hand (ROIs with a status of Submitted after the invitation round has taken place): Subclass 190 - 880 ROIs Subclass 491 - 590 ROIs
Nomination places available: Subclass 190 - 1,000 places Subclass 491 - 713 places
Nomination applications lodged but not yet decided: Subclass 190 - 6 applications Subclass 491 - 24 applications
Invitations issued but application not yet lodged: Subclass 190 - 81 invitations Subclass 491 - 56 invitations
Oldest nomination application lodged and not yet allocated to a case officer - 15/09/2026
Lowest point score required to gain nomination (at assessment): Subclass 190 - 504 points Subclass 491 - 83 points
This is a rolling three-month average of the lowest point score resulting in an invitation.
Source: https://www.migration.tas.gov.au/news/processing_times_and_allocation_usage
