2019 Federal Budget Announcements:
1) VACS to increase by 5.4% from July 2019 (excluding Visitor Subclass 600)
2) Permanent visas reduced to 160,000 per year (over the next 4 years)
3) RSMS (Subclass 187) and Regional (Subclass 489) to be discontinued
4) New Regional visas to be introduced from November 1st 2019:
5) The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visas
6) Extension of Temporary Graduate (Subclass 485) for regional graduates - an additional 12 month second post-study work visa for international graduates providing a total of three years. (previously announced)