[Issue 281 Australian Migration Weekly] Home Affairs Minister: migration reform report to be released before 9 May! Engineering / IT and other common occupations invited to NSW on 50-65 points! March visa processing update!

This week’s migration update
1. State nomination quota usage to the end of March — opportunities in NSW 491 / Canberra / WA
2. A flood of NSW 491 invitations — engineering / IT / common occupations invited on raw scores of 50-65
3. Canberra keeps issuing invitations across every stream — more places, lower scores
4. March visa processing update — points-based categories moving at full speed
5. The week’s grants, invitations, skills assessments and citizenship processing update

【Australian Study Abroad Weekly #280】UTS revises online-course diploma recognition rules! Turnitin launches a new feature to “counter” ChatGPT!? Free flu jabs at the University of Tasmania!

This Week at a Glance
1. Victoria adds another 1,400 Subclass 190 state nomination places!
2. Turnitin launches AI-detection to crack down on cheating with ChatGPT and the like!
3. The University of Western Australia trials its self-developed driverless bus
4. UTS announcement on revised special-recognition rules for cross-border remote diplomas during the pandemic
5. 2023 free flu vaccination at the University of Tasmania is now open for applications!
6. The Australian National University Global Open Day (China leg)
7. Offer Show

March Visa & State-Nomination Processing Round-Up | Skilled Categories Accelerate Across the Board, Multiple States Ramp Up Formal Nominations! NSW 491, Canberra, WA and More Still Have Plenty of Places!

With Easter behind us, the final quarter of the 2022–23 financial year is officially underway. In previous years the last three months of state nomination would wind down as quotas ran low. This year is different: thanks to the generous Subclass 189 rounds in the first half and record numbers of state places, many state-nomination pathways are still busy even in the final three months!