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Changes to student and visitor visas
Burke also addressed new rules targeting visitor visas and student visas.
Visitor visas will also have a "no further stay" provision.
Changes to points system, backpacker visa processing
Burke said the reforms are split into three parts: who arrives, who stays and who leaves.
Changes will be made to the points test, a scoring system used to rank and select skilled workers for visas, with those with housing trade qualifications receiving the same number of points as a university qualification.
International students no longer able to bring family members
The government will be banning new international students from being able to attach family members to their visa.
"We will no longer be allowing the attaching of family members for international students or for graduate visas,"


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