The federal government has paused visa applications for working holiday-makers from 24 countries. The temporary visa provides access to young people from overseas to fill labour shortages while ...

Australia updates migration policies: student, visitor, skilled, and Working Holiday Maker visas face changes to maintain system integrity.

Agricultural industries warn changes to the Working Holiday Maker program could threaten crops and Australia's food security.

The Working Holiday Maker visa is more than just a “backpackers visa,” or a tool to ease agricultural labor shortages. The Working Holiday Maker visa is available to young people from western and ...

The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed offshore working holiday visa applicants may be waiting months for their paperwork to be processed.

Stronger enforcement including field operations run by Australian Border Force, will target 77,000 visa overstayers in Australia in a major migration shake-up to be announced today.

Australia is processing working holiday visas more slowly as applications rise, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed, while the government continues work on its broader migration policy. The ...

Australia’s tourism, accommodation and farming industries have warned that proposed changes to the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visa program could cost the economy billions and leave regional ...

Australia has announced a fresh set of migration measures affecting student, visitor, skilled migration and working holiday visas, with the changes to be rolled out progressively over the next 12 ...

For working holiday visa holders Gearon and Aron Amestoy, making coffees and serving tables in Woolgoolga was meant to be the ...

The chief executive of Australia’s leading business body has denied Australia has a migration “problem”.

Visiting Darwin on Wednesday after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor released details of the Coalition’s migration policy, ...