Rights from day one, scams, family law, free legal help.
Workplace rights, consumer rights, health and emergency rights, tenancy rights, discrimination protections and privacy — and which of these apply to most temporary visa holders.
Published 17 May 2026
When police can ask your name and address, when you can stay silent, the right to a lawyer, vehicle searches and breath tests. What happens if a minor charge meets a visa application.
Tax / Home Affairs impersonation calls. Phishing texts. Romance and investment scams. Visa, rental and job-offer scams. Where to report, what banks can and can't recover.
Paid immigration assistance requires MARA registration. How to check the register, the red flags, and what to do if a registered agent gets it wrong.
Family law in Australia is federal. The 12-month separation rule for divorce. Parenting orders, property division, and the family-violence orders that go by different names in each state.
Recreational drugs are illegal under state laws. Medicinal cannabis is tightly regulated. The legal drinking age is 18 and Random Breath Testing is universal. How convictions affect visas.
Immediate and longer-term support. What it means for partner visas — the family-violence provisions that let you continue an 801 or 100 application without your sponsor.
Legal Aid in each state, Community Legal Centres, specialist services for women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, refugees, tenants, and people with disabilities.
