Turnbull government undoes its parent visa crackdown

The Turnbull government will reverse a controversial regulation that effectively doubled the income requirement for people trying to bring their parents to Australia. It follows weeks of mounting anger from migrant communities and will completely reverse the changes, just a month after they were introduced by Social Services Minister Dan Tehan. This feature reveals more details.

Under a new Visa, parents could stay for up to 10 years but would never be allowed to settle in Australia. Source: Courtesy of gwaar/Flickr CC