August 15, 2026 — 4:49am

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The Albanese government has quietly paused working holidaymaker visa applications from 24 countries as it seeks to wrest control of the migration system while a political stoush brews over whether to curtail the number of backpackers who come to Australia.

Migration and travel agents have told the tourism industry they have been detecting delays in processing times for countries with uncapped backpacker places since the beginning of July, while the pause on applications from countries with caps was introduced…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU