Migration Regulations 1994 Specification of Regional and Low Population Growth Metropolitan Areas March 2005 (Cth)
Commonwealth of
Australia
Migration Regulations 1994
SPECIFICATION OF REGIONAL AND LOW POPULATION GROWTH METROPOLITAN AREAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ITEMS 6A1001 AND 6A1002 OF SCHEDULE 6A TO THE MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994
I, AMANDA VANSTONE, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, acting under regulation 1.17 and items 6A1001 and 6A1002 of Schedule 6A to the Migration Regulations 1994 (“the Regulations”):
REVOKE the notice signed on 29 June 2004 specifying regional and low population growth metropolitan areas for the purposes of items 6A1001 and 6A1002 of Schedule 6A to the Regulations;
SPECIFY the campuses listed in Schedule 1 to this notice as regional and low population growth metropolitan campuses for the purpose of paragraphs 6A1001(a) and (b) and 6A1002(a) and (b) of Schedule 6A to the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY the areas having the postcodes listed in Schedule 2 to this notice as regional and low population growth metropolitan areas for the purpose of paragraphs 6A1001(c) and 6A1002(f) of Schedule 6A to the Regulations.
Dated
AMANDA VANSTONE
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
[NOTE 1:Regulation 1.17 provides that the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, specify matters required by individual provisions of the Regulations to be specified for the purposes of those provisions.
NOTE 2:Items 6A1001 and 6A1002 of Schedule 6A provide that an applicant be awarded 5 points under the General Points Test for study and residence in regional and low population growth metropolitan areas specified by Gazette Notice for the purpose of those items.]
Schedule 1
| INSTITUTION | CAMPUS |
| NEW SOUTH WALES | |
| Charles Sturt University | Albury Wodonga Bathurst Broken Hill Dubbo Goulburn Wagga Wagga |
| Southern Cross University | Bathurst Gold Coast-Tweed Lismore Port Macquarie |
| TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute | Bega College Cooma College Goulburn College Milton/Ulladulla College Moruya College Nowra College Queanbeyan College Yass College |
| TAFE NSW – New England Institute | Armidale Boggabilla Coonabarabran Flexilink (near Tamworth Campus) Glen Innes Gunnedah Inverell Moree Narrabri Quirindi Tamworth Tenterfield |
| TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute | Ballina Casino Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour Education Grafton Great Lakes Kempsey Kingscliff Lismore Macksville Maclean Murwillumbah |
Schedule 1 [cont.]
| INSTITUTION | CAMPUS |
| TAFE NSW – North Coast Institute [cont.] | NCI Open (Port Macquarie) Port Macquarie Taree Trenayr Wauchope Wollongbar |
| TAFE NSW – Riverina Institute | Albury Cootamundra Corowa Deniliquin Finley Griffith Lake Cargelligo Leeton Narrandera North Wagga Wagga Rural Skills Centre Temora Thurgoona Wagga Wagga West Wyalong Young |
| TAFE NSW – Western Institute | Bathurst Brewarrina Broken Hill Cobar Condobolin Coonamble Cowra Dubbo Dunedoo Forbes Gilgandra Grenfell Lightning Ridge Lithgow Menindee Mudgee Nyngan Orange Parkes Walgett Warren Wellington Wilcannia |
| University of New England | Armidale Coffs Harbour |
Schedule 1 [cont.]
| INSTITUTION | CAMPUS |
| University of Sydney | Menzies School of Health Research Darwin One Tree Island – Great Barrier Reef (near Herron Island) Orange Agricultural College |
| University of Wollongong | Batemans Bay Bega Nowra |
| VICTORIA | |
| Australian Catholic University | Ballarat |
| Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE | Bendigo Charleston Street Campus Bendigo McCrae Street Campus Castlemaine Echuca Kerang Kyneton Maryborough |
| Chisholm Institute of TAFE | Wonthaggi |
| Deakin University | Geelong Geelong Waterfront Warrnambool |
| Gordon Institute of TAFE | Geelong |
| Holmes Commercial Colleges Melbourne Limited | Cairns |
| La Trobe University | Albury Wodonga Beechworth Bendigo Mildura Mt Butler Shepparton |
| Marcus Oldham College | Waurn Ponds |
| Monash University | Gippsland |
| RMIT | East Gippsland Hamilton |
Schedule 1 [cont.]
| INSTITUTION | CAMPUS |
| University of Ballarat | Ararat Horsham Mt Helen SMB (Ballarat) Stawell |
| University of Melbourne | Creswick Dookie Gilbert Chandler Glenormiston Longerong McMillan |
| Wodonga Institute of TAFE | Wodonga |
| QUEENSLAND | |
| Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE | Townsville |
| Central Queensland Institute of TAFE | Rockhampton |
| Central Queensland University | Bundaberg Emerald Gladstone Mackay Rockhampton |
| Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE | Nambour |
| James Cook University | Cairns (Smithfield) Townsville |
| Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE | Toowoomba |
| Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE | Cairns |
| University of Queensland | Gatton |
| University of Southern Queensland | Toowoomba Wide Bay (Hervey Bay) |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | Maroochydore Sippy Downs |
| Wide Bay Institute of TAFE | Maryborough |
Schedule 1 [cont.]
| INSTITUTION | CAMPUS |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| Central West College of TAFE International | Carnarvon Exmouth Geraldton |
| Curtin University of Technology | Esperance Kalgoorlie Muresk |
| CY O’Connor College of TAFE International | Kellerberrin Merredin Moora Narrogin Northam |
| Eastern Pilbara College of TAFE International | Boodarie Jigalong Minurmaghali Mia (Roebourne) Newman Port Hedland Pundulmurra South Hedland |
| Edith Cowan University | Bunbury |
| Great Southern TAFE International | Albany Denmark Katanning Mt Barker |
| Kimberley College of TAFE International | Broome Derby Halls Creek Kununurra Wyndham |
| | Peel |
| | Bunbury Busselton Collie Harvey Manjimup |
| University of Notre Dame | Broome |
Schedule 1 [cont.]
| INSTITUTION | CAMPUS |
| | |
| | Karratha Onslow Pannawonica Paraburdoo Tom Price |
| | |
| All Australian tertiary education providers | |
| TASMANIA | |
| All Australian tertiary education providers | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | |
| All Australian tertiary education providers |
Schedule 2
| REGIONAL AND LOW POPULATION GROWTH METROPOLITAN AREAS | POSTCODES INCLUSIVE |
| NEW SOUTH WALES (Except Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong) | 2311 to 2312 2328 to 2333 2340 to 2411 2428 to 2490 2536 to 2551 2575 to 2594 2618 to 2739 2787 to 2898 |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | Entire Territory |
| QUEENSLAND (Except Brisbane metropolitan area and the Gold Coast) | 4301 to 4899 |
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Entire State |
| TASMANIA | Entire State |
| VICTORIA (Except Melbourne metropolitan area) | 3139 3212 to 3334 3340 to 3424 3430 to 3649 3658 to 3749 3753, 3756, 3758, 3762, 3764 3778 to 3781 3783, 3797, 3799 3810 to 3909 3921 to 3925 3945 to 3974 3979 3981 to 3996 |
| WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Except Perth metropolitan area) | 6041 to 6044 6121 to 6126 6200 to 6799 |
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