<div dir="ltr">Greetings everyone<div> this STA event may wbo of interest to some members.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>John L</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lucy Guest</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:lucy.guest@sta.org.au">lucy.guest@sta.org.au</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 at 13:19<br>Subject: STA MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE BRIEFING | Critical technology visa screening<br>To: <a href="mailto:john.lattanzio@monash.edu">john.lattanzio@monash.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:john.lattanzio@monash.edu">john.lattanzio@monash.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-4359307169247920006"><u></u>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">STA MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE BRIEFING</span></span></span></strong></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Department of Home Affairs | Critical technology visa screening</span></span></span></strong><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Monday 29 August 11:30am - 12:30pm AEST</span></strong></span></span></span></b></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal">On 1 July 2022, the Migration Regulations 1994 were amended to </span></span></span></span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><a href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/national-security/critical-technology" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:blue"><span style="font-style:normal">establish additional targeted visa screening</span></span></span></em></a> </span></span></span><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal">for Student visas and a new visa condition for students wishing to change their course of study. These amendments are intended to identify and manage the risk of unwanted transfer of critical technologies in certain visa programs; the visa screening framework will apply to certain other temporary and permanent visas no later than 6 October 2022. </span></span></span></span></em><br>
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<em><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal">Although the amendments commenced on 1 July, the Minister for Home Affairs is yet to release the specific list of critical technologies that will underpin the visa screening framework, and so no students are yet affected. </span></span></span></span></em><br>
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<em><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-style:normal">To help STA members understand the implications of the new regulations, we have organised for officials from the Department of Home Affairs to provide a briefing session and answer your questions directly.</span></span></span></span></em></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">Attendance is not capped, please forward to your own membership so all who are interested can attend.</span></span></span></b></em><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#333333">The online event will be held via Webex. To register please email <a href="mailto:events@sta.org.au" target="_blank">events@sta.org.au</a> and we will forward the </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">calendar<span style="color:#333333"> invitation. </span></span></span></b></span></span></p>
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