On 3 June 2025, the Fair Work Commission announced it will raise the national minimum wage by 3.5% from 1 July 2025, taking the permanent workers minimum wage to $24.95 per hour, or $948.00 a week for full-time workers.
The new National Minimum Wage will apply … Read the rest
On 3 June 2025, the Fair Work Commission announced it will raise the national minimum wage by 3.5% from 1 July 2025, taking the permanent workers minimum wage to $24.95 per hour, or $948.00 a week for full-time workers.
The new National Minimum Wage will apply … Read the rest
These are the processing times for the most recent partner visa applications shown on the Global Visa Processing Times website, as at 2 June 2025.
For visas finalised in April 2025, the median average processing time for … Read the rest
Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in April 2025.
These are the processing times for partner visa applications finalised in March 2025.
For visas finalised in March 2025, the median average processing time for subclass 309 offshore partner visas, was 13 months. Last updated: 24 April … Read the rest
The RBA announced that the Australian Cash Rate would reduce to 3.85% on 20 May 2025.
20 May 2025 Media Release.
At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85 per cent.
During … Read the rest
Parent Visa applications in the pipeline (on hand) at 31 March 2025.
A recent report shows that there are an estimated 150,000 parent visa applications in the queue.
The number of Parent Visa applications that are allocated for granting during the year 2024/25 is 8,500.
Based on these numbers, the … Read the rest
A selection of some of the subclass 801 onshore Partner Visas that were finalised in 2025.
If your subclass 801 visa has been finalised, please add your nationality and dates in the comment section below.
Applicant: Not known
801 Granted: 12 May 2025.
801 Eligible: … Read the rest
A selection of some of the subclass 100 offshore Partner Visas that were finalised in 2025.
If your subclass 100 visa has been finalised, please add your nationality and dates in the comment section below.
Applicant: India
309+100 Granted: … Read the rest
Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in March 2025.
Is the claim that Peter Dutton cut Public Hospital Spending by $50 billion true?
Looking at this graph, it appears that spending on the Public Hospitals increased every year.
Therefore it seems that Dutton did NOT cut Public Hospital Spending, after all.
Is it just an election lie, to switch … Read the rest
