Australia activates Ministerial Direction 115, overhauling offshore student-visa queue
Ballot opens for Australia’s 2025-26 MATES visa, offering 3,000 places to young Indian professionals
Australia introduces three-tier ‘fast, standard, slow’ lanes for student-visa processing under Ministerial Direction 115
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Ballot opens for 3,000 places under Australia-India MATES early-career mobility scheme
Registrations have opened for the 2025-26 MATES ballot, offering 3,000 Indian STEM graduates two-year work visas in Australia. The low-cost, low-red-tape scheme provides employers with a new pipeline of junior talent and deepens economic ties with India.
Qantas to open 400-person AI Innovation Centre in Adelaide, promising smarter baggage tracking and disruption management
Qantas will open a 400-person AI Innovation Centre in Adelaide next March to develop smarter baggage tracking, seamless check-in and real-time disruption tools. The project signals the airline’s push to embed AI across the travel journey and should improve reliability for business travellers.