Analysis: When SBS World News journalist Sara Tomevska's grandparents came to Australia to help with childcare, they waited over six years for their permanent residency to be approved. Today, it would take even longer.
The 186-page Migration Review, led by former public service boss Martin Parkinson, has found Australia’s migration system is broadly "not fit for purpose", and has recommended "a new and fairer approach" to parent visas.
A review into Australia's migration system has called for an overhaul of the way it assesses potential citizens."Providing an opportunity for people to apply for a visa that will probably never come seems both cruel and unnecessary."Firstly, it suggests considering the implementation of a visa lottery model, as an "effective option for managing demand and avoiding further backlogs".
Treasury estimates that each parent-visa permanent migrant costs $393,000 over their remaining lifetime in Australia. Sara Tomevska's parents came to Australia in 1995 with two small children. Her grandparents came soon after to help with childcare.The aged care pension, for example, represents the largest social-service payment in the federal budget, closely followed by the NDIS and Medicare.
"With the lottery, there are some questions about fairness for those who are already on the waitlist. How are they dealt with? It's worth looking at, but how you actually implement it is a different question.
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