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Resolution of Status Visa

The Australian government has introduced a new permanent visa for TPV or SHEV holders called the permanent Resolution of Status visa (RoS visa). This visa allows holders to stay in Australia indefinitely. You become an Australian Permanent Resident on the day the RoS visa is granted. Who is eligible? Only TPV and SHEV holders who…

First Home Buyer Choice

The NSW Government has introduced changes to the NSW property tax system giving first home buyers purchasing a property for up to $1.5 million a choice between paying an annual property tax or stamp duty. The government states that these changes will lower the up-front costs of a home purchase. Eligibility To be eligible to…

Single-Use Plastic To Be Banned in NSW

NSW generates 800,000 tones of plastics every year. “Only 10 per cent of plastics in New South Wales are recycled, with the rest ending up in landfill, or worse, littering our streets, dumped in our parks and washing up in our waterways,” Environment Minister Matt Kean said. To combat this conundrum, the NSW Government passed…