Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee [Part 2], , 33:29 to 35:20
The committee discusses how new ministerial directions impact the ability of partners on visitor visas to apply for permanent residency while in Australia.
Topics: Human rights, Social services
Speakers: Senator David Shoebridge, Michael Willard, Hon Murray Watt
Australia permanently. And and the same analysis applies for partner visas, doesn't it? Because again, if someone's come here on a visitor visa, they may have fallen in love. Um they may want to start a family. Um um until ministerial direction 17, they could use in those circumstances put a partner visa application in, seek a bridging visa, retain the family, start building the family. But that will no longer be available because the no further stay condition will mean that they have to leave, go back overseas and again they'll be put at the back of the queue and they could be waiting years and years before they can come and make the family here. That's the reality, isn't
>> Yeah. The the no further stay condition when they can't lodge an application on shore. uh in terms of the where they sit when they lodge their application, that will be a function of of the direction that's in in effect at the time they lodge.
>> And can you can you if you if you have the data, how many of those onshore partner applications were made in the last financial year prior to direction 117 coming in place?
Senator, I think we'll have to take that on notice if it's prior to direction 117.
>> Yeah,
>> minister last year's. I can't >> say this. >> So, this year,
>> Mr. might have last year's figures, but you want the figure prior to 117.
>> Well, I'm I'm happy given the direction happened only in sort of July. I'm more than happy if you've got last year's figure to give us last year's figure. And Mr. Gill, rather than flick