Public consultations

Consultation and engagement

OMARA engages regularly with stakeholders including consumers, registered migration agents, peak bodies, community representatives, Home Affairs portfolio agencies, other Commonwealth and State government agencies and regulators, and international immigration advice regulator counterparts.

Why our stakeholders are important?

Our stakeholders have a range of expertise, experience and differing perspectives.

We consult and engage with our stakeholders to help us:

• understand the needs and issues faced by migration advice consumers
• understand and receive feedback on OMARA’s regulatory performance with respect to protecting consumers
• generate ideas on how the regulation of the migration advice industry can be improved

Current consultation

Code of Conduct for Registered Migration Agents – Third stage consultation

The Independent Review of OMARA (Kendall Review) recommended a review of the Code of Conduct for Registered Migration Agents to address concerns about the scope, content and clarity of the current Code. 

It is anticipated that a revised Code will be simpler, will remove duplication and be written in plain English making it fit for purpose to guide the professional conduct of registered migration agents.

Following extensive consultation on the Code issues paper, a document on the new Code has now been developed.  The Code document will be open for comment until 22 November 2019. Please provide your feedback by email to mara.comms@homeaffairs.gov.au

Third stage Code consultation document (408KB PDF)

Closed consultations

Here we list all of the closed consultations we have commissioned since 2010. We will update this list as other consultations are finished.

2017

Code of Conduct issues paper (630KB PDF)
Second stage consultation closed for comments on 31 December 2017

2016

Code of Conduct public consultation (377KB PDF)
First stage consultation closed for comments on 5 February 2017

2012

Code of Conduct public consultation (31KB PDF)
closed for comments on 14 September 2012

Handling of Client Monies report (507 KB PDF)
closed for comments on 16 July 2012 

Client Monies Toolkit (1.57 MB PDF)
closed for comments on 1 June 2012

Public consultation Exam and Course 2012 (169 KB PDF)
closed for comments on 30 April 2012. 

2011

Competency standards (986 KB PDF)
closed for comments on 29 July 2011. 

Ethics Toolkit
closed for comments on 29 July 2011. 

Translated brochure survey
closed for comments on 29 July 2011

2010

DeakinPrime CPD review report (4.02MB PDF)
closed for comments on 10 December 2010.

Allen report (2.26MB PDF)
closed for comments on 22 November 2010.

English Language survey report (1.75MB PDF file)
closed for comments on 17 November 2010.