Friday, December 30, 2016

Vigils for Manus Island refugee Faysal Ishak Ahmed - Green Left Weekly


Vigils for Manus Island refugee Faysal Ishak Ahmed
Green Left Weekly
Shortcomings and negligence by IHMS and the DIBP have already been revealed by the inquest into the death of Hamid Khazaei, the refugee who died in Brisbane in 2014, after being transferred from Manus Island. Calls are growing for a Royal Commission ...

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Originally Published here: Vigils for Manus Island refugee Faysal Ishak Ahmed - Green Left Weekly

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Can You Travel to Australia With Medical Cannabis? - Leafly


Leafly

Can You Travel to Australia With Medical Cannabis?
Leafly
The department's advice indicates some exceptions to that rule, including steroids and thalidomide, but doesn't mention medical cannabis. Elsewhere, however, DIBP explicitly states that “marijuana and cannabis” are prohibited substances which cannot be ...

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Originally Published here: Can You Travel to Australia With Medical Cannabis? - Leafly

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Chemical Watch | News Item | Echa committee highlights risk of ... - Chemical Watch (subscription)


Chemical Watch | News Item | Echa committee highlights risk of ...
Chemical Watch (subscription)
Echa's Risk Assessment Committee (Rac) has highlighted a potential risk from the phthalate DiBP in toys and childcare articles. In the minutes of the 38th ...

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Originally Published here: Chemical Watch | News Item | Echa committee highlights risk of ... - Chemical Watch (subscription)

NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule - Lexology (registration)


NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule
Lexology (registration)
NRDC supports maintaining the current ban on DBP, BBP, and DEHP, banning permanently four additional phthalates (DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, and DCHP), and making the interim ban on DINP permanent. Earlier this year, CPSC proposed to eliminate ...

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Originally Published here: NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule - Lexology (registration)

Echa committee highlights risk of DiBP in children's products - Chemical Watch (subscription)


Echa committee highlights risk of DiBP in children's products
Chemical Watch (subscription)
Echa's Risk Assessment Committee (Rac) has highlighted a potential risk from the phthalate DiBP in toys and childcare articles. In the minutes of the 38th meeting of Rac, it says this risk "needs to be addressed." DiBP is listed on Annex XIV of REACH ...



Originally Published here: Echa committee highlights risk of DiBP in children's products - Chemical Watch (subscription)

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule | The ... - The National Law Review


NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule | The ...
The National Law Review
Agencies filed Lawsuit to compel Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue final rule on phthalates in children's products as soon as possible.

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Originally Published here: NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule | The ... - The National Law Review

NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule - The National Law Review


NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule
The National Law Review
NRDC supports maintaining the current ban on DBP, BBP, and DEHP, banning permanently four additional phthalates (DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, and DCHP), and making the interim ban on DINP permanent. Earlier this year, CPSC proposed to eliminate ...



Originally Published here: NGOs File Suit to Compel CPSC to Issue Final Phthalates Rule - The National Law Review

Border Force bosses score $6400 pay rise - Wingham Chronicle


Wingham Chronicle

Border Force bosses score $6400 pay rise
Wingham Chronicle
The department's annual report shows just more than $47 million was spent by DIBP on senior management remuneration in 2015-2016, including salaries, vehicles, redundancies, superannuation and other benefits. Mr Pezzullo and Border Force ...



Originally Published here: Border Force bosses score $6400 pay rise - Wingham Chronicle

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Get ready for the smarter Smartgate... - Australian Business Traveller


Australian Business Traveller

Get ready for the smarter Smartgate...
Australian Business Traveller
The automated processing points would allow incoming passengers to be recognised using 'contactless' technology and “without the need to put down a passport,' according to the DIBP. Providing an extra layer of security to this tap-and-go scenario would ...



Originally Published here: Get ready for the smarter Smartgate... - Australian Business Traveller

Chemical Watch | News Item | Sweden's Kemi finds restricted ... - Chemical Watch (subscription)


Chemical Watch | News Item | Sweden's Kemi finds restricted ...
Chemical Watch (subscription)
An enforcement project run by the Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemi) has found that almost four in ten low-price electrical and electronic products examined ...

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Originally Published here: Chemical Watch | News Item | Sweden's Kemi finds restricted ... - Chemical Watch (subscription)

Sweden's Kemi finds restricted chemicals in electronics products - Chemical Watch (subscription)


Sweden's Kemi finds restricted chemicals in electronics products
Chemical Watch (subscription)
From July 2019, four phthalates - DEHP, DIBP, DBP and BBP - will be restricted in electrical and electronic products. Following Kemi's project, products containing excessive levels of prohibited substances were removed from sale. Thirty of the ...

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Originally Published here: Sweden's Kemi finds restricted chemicals in electronics products - Chemical Watch (subscription)

Monday, December 12, 2016

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Border Protection hooks up to Inmarsat for boat broadband - ZDNet


ZDNet

Border Protection hooks up to Inmarsat for boat broadband
ZDNet
Inmarsat said it will provide connectivity over its Global Xpress (GX) constellation, and worked with Australian company EM Solution to develop a terminal for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) that allowed for switching between ...



Originally Published here: Border Protection hooks up to Inmarsat for boat broadband - ZDNet

Friday, December 9, 2016

Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline | Australia news | The ... - The Guardian


Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline | Australia news | The ...
The Guardian
'We need to get this guy out fast': how the asylum seeker deteriorated as doctors sought his urgent transfer off Manus Island.

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Originally Published here: Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline | Australia news | The ... - The Guardian

Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline - The Guardian


The Guardian

Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline
The Guardian
DIBP staff on island are being pushed for this urgent transfer in the next 18 hours, however I don't have adequate information to be able to escalate at this point if this is still warranted. 6.30pm: Renshaw responds to Little's email, calling her to ...

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Originally Published here: Hamid Kehazaei's last days – a timeline - The Guardian

ANU signs on with Immigration - PS News


ANU signs on with Immigration
PS News
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian National University (ANU) to cooperate on research, analysis, policy development and training. The agreement will allow ...

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Originally Published here: ANU signs on with Immigration - PS News

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Significant Changes To Australia Immigration - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)


Significant Changes To Australia Immigration
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
... on or after 18 November, will be required to provide appropriate police clearances to the Department of Immigration & Border Protection ('DIBP') when requested and consent to the DIBP disclosing any convictions for certain offences to the visa ...



Originally Published here: Significant Changes To Australia Immigration - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

Friday, December 2, 2016

2017 on the horizon and already full of challenge - Aircargo - Asia Pacific


Aircargo - Asia Pacific

2017 on the horizon and already full of challenge
Aircargo - Asia Pacific
The changes will have significant consequential impact on “instruments and advices” administered by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), which covers Tariff Concession Orders (TCOs), Tariff Precedents, Tariff Advices (TAs) and ...

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Originally Published here: 2017 on the horizon and already full of challenge - Aircargo - Asia Pacific

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Seven News joins ABF on the high seas



Originally Published here: Seven News joins ABF on the high seas

The Australian government is looking at putting migrants on probation before granting them citizenship - Business Insider Australia


Business Insider Australia

The Australian government is looking at putting migrants on probation before granting them citizenship
Business Insider Australia
It also warns that reducing access to social security could be in breach of international obligations and that any savings “may not be as significant as DIBP expect”. “Delayed access would have a particularly detrimental impact on the outcomes of the ...
Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two-tier society', increase violent extremismThe Sydney Morning Herald

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Originally Published here: The Australian government is looking at putting migrants on probation before granting them citizenship - Business Insider Australia

The Australian government is looking at putting migrants on probation before granting them citizenship - Business Insider Australia


Business Insider Australia

The Australian government is looking at putting migrants on probation before granting them citizenship
Business Insider Australia
It also warns that reducing access to social security could be in breach of international obligations and that any savings “may not be as significant as DIBP expect”. “Delayed access would have a particularly detrimental impact on the outcomes of the ...
Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two-tier society', increase violent extremismThe Sydney Morning Herald
Visa reform continuing in AustraliaAustralia Forum

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Originally Published here: The Australian government is looking at putting migrants on probation before granting them citizenship - Business Insider Australia

Australian government considering putting migrants on probation before granting them Permanent Residency - SBS


SBS

Australian government considering putting migrants on probation before granting them Permanent Residency
SBS
It also warns that reducing access to social security could be in breach of international obligations and that any savings “may not be as significant as DIBP expect”. “Delayed access would have a particularly detrimental impact on the outcomes of the ...
Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two-tier society', increase violent extremismThe Sydney Morning Herald
Visa reform continuing in AustraliaAustralia Forum

all 10 news articles »


Originally Published here: Australian government considering putting migrants on probation before granting them Permanent Residency - SBS

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two ... - The Age


The Age

Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two ...
The Age
A secret Turnbull government plan to radically reshape Australia's visas system could undermine social cohesion, increase the risk of violent extremism and ...
Visa reform continuing in AustraliaAustralia Forum

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Originally Published here: Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two ... - The Age

Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two-tier society', increase violent extremism - The Age


The Age

Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two-tier society', increase violent extremism
The Age
A secret Turnbull government plan to radically reshape Australia's visas system could undermine social cohesion, increase the risk of violent extremism and create a "two-tier society", according to leaked cabinet papers. Documents obtained by Fairfax ...
Visa reform continuing in AustraliaAustralia Forum

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Originally Published here: Leaked cabinet papers warn secret visa overhaul would create 'two-tier society', increase violent extremism - The Age

How To Apply for Visa Police Clearances

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Depending on the Australian visa which you are applying for, you may be required to provide police clearances to demonstrate that you are of good character. This is otherwise referred to as the ‘character test’ and is described in law here.

Importantly, applicants over the age of 16 may be required to provide a police clearance from any country they have lived in for 12 months or more (cumulatively) within the last 10 years (including Australia). For example, if you lived in Italy for 3 months between 2013-2014, and then another 9 months between 2015-2016, then you would have lived in Italy cumulatively for 12 months and be required to provide a police clearance from that  country.

Accordingly, please see below for a step-by-step breakdown on how to obtain police clearances from each respective country.

Step 1: Visit the DIBP Website

In order to determine the steps involved for each respective country, first click on this link

Step 2: Locate The Specific Country

You will then need to scroll down and locate the country you are intending to apply for a police clearance from. In the example below, we are looking for ‘Italy’.
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Step 3: Police Check Sub-Section

You then need to scroll down to the sub-section titlted ‘Police Check’. Click on this to expand that section.
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Step 4: Read and Follow the Instructions

The sub-section will contain the process involved in obtaining the police clearance from that specific country. Keep in mind that each country will have different processes, so please read carefully!
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Australian Police Clearances

If you have been in Australia for longer than 12 months (at the time that your visa is eventually assessed by the DIBP), then you may also be required to provide an AFP National Police Check.

​To arrange this clearance, you can apply online here. 

Please note the following:

  1. Fingerprints are not required
  2. The type of clearance you are required to obtain is a full/complete disclosure document
  3. It must contain all your current and previously known names (i.e maiden names)
  4. If requested to provide a code, you should select ’33’

If you require the representation of a Migration Lawyer in Brisbane today, then get in contact on 1300 644 788 or send your enquiry here.

Also, click here for more informative blogs by our Immigration Lawyers.

Otherwise you can find us at the following address:

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Brisbane QLD 4000
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Originally Published here: How To Apply for Visa Police Clearances




Originally Published here: How To Apply for Visa Police Clearances