Ozmigr8 - Australian Working Holiday Visas

17/08/2017

Australian Taxation Office to validate the visa information for departing working holiday visa holders who are seeking the repayment of superannuation contributions on leaving Australia.

https://www.ato.gov.au/Tax-professionals/Newsroom/Superannuation/Visa-checks-for-DASP-applications/

27/06/2017

¡Hola España! The number of Spanish nationals, aged between 18 and 30, able to visit Australia under existing work and holiday arrangements will increase from 600 to 1500 annually from 1 July 2017. This means you can holiday for up to 12 months in Australia and undertake short-term work. The same reciprocal conditions also allow young Australians to work and holiday in Spain.

More information about the Work and Holiday visa is available at https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/462-.

03/11/2016

Australian Taxation Office clarifies tax arrangements for working holiday makers.

02/11/2016

A new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia calls for a 'rebalancing' of the country's immigration program, including a cap on working holidaymakers.

The era of backpackers, foreign students and New Zealanders dominating Australia’s migrant intake may be approaching its end, as calls for an overhaul of the visa system mount. The 'Migration: the economic debate' report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), released on Th...

12/10/2016

Unscrupulous employers who exploit migrant labour pose an ongoing threat, a new report reveals.

30/09/2016

Luxembourg has today become the latest country to sign a reciprocal arrangement with Australia, allowing young people from both countries to visit each other's nations under the Australian Government's work and holiday arrangements.

http://www.minister.border.gov.au/peterdutton/Pages/Australia-and-Luxembourg-sign-work-and-holiday-arrangement.aspx

27/09/2016

A resolution to the "backpacker tax" appears to be close ...

The federal government will water down its proposed $500 million backpacker tax in a deal that will please Nationals MPs who had campaigned against the measure.

19/09/2016

George Christensen predicts Coalition will axe backpacker tax after threats to quit LNP.

Under the proposed backpacker tax, which is due to take effect from 1 January 2017, working holidaymakers will be treated as non-residents and taxed at 32.5% from their first dollar.

Queensland MP says defection threats ‘a moot point’ as he believes the government will ‘put in place arrangements that farmers can accept’

05/01/2016

Northern Territory going all out to draw backpackers up north ...

Youth travellers spend over $7000 on average for their trip to Australia, according to statistics from Tourism Australia. The spend triples with those who stay over six months. Tourism NT (Northern Territory) is now planning its biggest roadshow targeting backpackers in order to get a cut of the you…

27/10/2015

A new currency for Australia? Or maybe not ... :-)

The joke name for the country's money was made in The Simpsons 20 years ago, and now citizens are calling for it to be used in real life