- Lottery for MATES: 3000 places for recent Indian graduates
- Children born and ordinarily resident in Australia no longer required to pass visa medicals
- Permanent skilled visas add family violence provisions for secondary visa applicants
- Work and Holiday visa ballot available from 16 September 2024 for India, China, and Vietnam
- 188 visas: Business skills visa applications closed on 31 July 2024
- 408 visas: Workplace Justice stream added from 1 July 2024
- 462 visas: Philippines added from 1 July 2024, ballot introduced for China, Vietnam, India
- 457/482/494 visas: 180 days with work rights to find a new employer from 1 July 2024
- Visitor and Graduate visa holders barred from onshore student visa applications from 1 July 2024
- Subclass 417 - Working Holiday visas: UK nationals exempt from regional work from 1 July 2024
- New Ministerial Direction no. 110 for character cancellations commences 21 June 2024
- Visa medicals: Hepatitis B tests added, provisional visa defined from 1 July 2024
- 482/494/186 visas: TSMIT up 4.5% to $73,150 on 1 July 2024; Master’s by research and doctoral graduates survive visa age cut; 189 invitation woes
- Budget 2024-25: 482 visa work experience down to one year from 23 Nov 2024; BIIP closing
- 192 Pacific Engagement Visa: Registrations open 3 June 2024, Eligible countries, and English language requirements