The recent Federal Court case of Lynn v Australian Financial Complaints Authority [2025] FCA 175 provides another example of the uncertainty that can occur when a non-binding death benefit nomination is made. In this case Mr Lynn nominated (to his APRA-regu...

Munro Doig has significant experience in negotiating Minister of Religion Labour Agreements (MORLA) with the Immigration Department and in preparing and lodging visa applications for religious workers and Ministers of Religion. Our experience spans various ...

Since 21 March 2023, when the Review of the Migration System Final Report (also known as the Parkinson Review) was released, changes have been creeping into the employer-sponsored visa system. The capstone changes were announced to come into effect in November...

Most Australian visa applications are assessed subject to a health requirement, namely that the applicant is free from a disease or condition in relation to which: a hypothetical person who has it would be likely to require health care or community servic...

On 6 October 2023, we published an article on the prospects of religious institutions establishing “school building funds” – and obtaining Deductible Gift Recipient (“DGR”) status for those funds – in the wake of the Federal Court’s decision in T...

In an earlier article, we wrote about what the upcoming changes to skilled migration in the employer-sponsored space might look like. Further details have emerged. Firstly, the changes have been announced, subject to regulation changes, to come into effe...