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The Border Force Commissioner has been given powers to approve travel in compelling and compassionate situations. The Government has put a framework around that which includes critical infrastructure projects, health and essential services, split families and temporary visa holders with a prior established residence in Australia and who were caught offshore by the travel restrictions. … Continued

September 2020 – the Australian Government has recently new guidelines for case officers assessing applications for employer sponsored permanent residence under the visa subclass 186 and 187. It is the consensus that although LMT is not currently required in law to be undertaken for these visa nominations, it is now a policy expectation by the … Continued

August 2020 – as recently announced by the Australian Government, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has extended the length of visas for the skilled (visa subclass 482) and temporary graduate visas (visa subclass 485) to a maximum stay of five years for Hong Kong passport holders. For those Hong Kong passport holders who on … Continued

With over 50 years in the business, Grace is uniquely qualified to deliver excellence in information management. Grace provides solutions for the full range of manufacturing sector information management requirements, from storage and indexing to retrieval and destruction. Here are the advantages your business will enjoy with Grace: With over 50 years in the business, … Continued

A major obstacle to financial information workflows is speed of access. The cost of manual labour within financial organisations is an under-acknowledged burden. When staff are forced to spend an inordinate amount of time in discovery, business processes can slow dramatically and overall expenses can inflate beyond acceptable limits. In a study published by the … Continued

The OAIC Community Attitudes to Privacy survey Research Report 2013 found that 49% of Australians are most reluctant to share their financial information – with the top four (71%) reasons for reluctance to share all types of information being privacy or security related. With political and corporate data breaches frequently making headlines, being able to … Continued

Those Australians with an active gym or physiotherapy routine have taken a deep breath as COVID-19 restrictions are easing and fitness studios across the nation are re-opening. Though regulations vary state-to-state, business isn’t necessarily back to usual just yet. Regulations and guidelines to ensure hygiene and adequate spacing will mean that there are layout changes … Continued

To contain the rate of infection and spread of the novel coronavirus, many Australian states have closed their borders to non-essential travel. COVID-19 border control requirements are different state to state, however a restriction that will affect interstate travellers is the necessity to enter a self-isolation period of 14 days. In the case of an interstate migration, this … Continued

The current COVID-19 climate has raised unsurmountable uncertainty around business operations. Many businesses find themselves shifting their model day to day, aiming to survive and prove adaptable in a rapidly changing environment. Aged care and hospital sectors are at the forefront of absorbing the widespread effect, as highly essential services concerned with safeguarding those that … Continued

The strong focus on social distancing amidst the COVID-19 outbreak has prompted many businesses to set up working from home arrangements for their teams. Working remotely for an office-based team can pose challenges for those new to the arrangement. At Grace Business Services, one of our many areas of expertise is office relocations.  We’ve seen plenty of office spaces and from our experience would like to make some suggestions … Continued