The government has declared that additional positions in the health sector will be included in the Green List.

The Green List will now include 32 new health positions, and all health roles presently on the Green List will be shifted to the Straight to Residence pathway.

List of health sector roles going on the Green List:

1. Addiction practitioner/alcohol & drug clinician

2. Audiometrist

3. Chiropractor

4. Clinical dental technician

5. Clinical physiologists (sleep, renal, exercise, respiratory, neurology, and cardiac)

6. Counsellor

7. Dental specialists

8. Dental technician

9. Dental therapist

10. Dentist

11. Dietician

12. Dispensing optician

13. Drug and alcohol counsellor

14. Enrolled nurse

15. Genetic counsellor

16. Medical laboratory pre-analytical technician

17. Medical resonance imaging technologist

18. Nuclear medicine technologist

19. Nurse practitioner

20. Optometrist

21. Oral health therapist

22. Orthotic and prosthetic technician

23. Orthotist/prosthetist

24. Osteopath

25. Paramedic/emergency medical technician

26. Perfusionist (cardiac)

27. Pharmacist

28. Physiotherapist

29. Play therapist (hospital)

30. Social worker

31. Speech language therapist

32. Sterile processing technician

Existing roles on Green List Work to Residence pathway moving to Straight to Residence pathway:

1. Anaesthetic Technician

2. Audiologist

3. Medical imaging technologist

4. Medical laboratory technician

5. Medical radiation therapist

6. Occupational therapist.

7. Podiatrist

8. Sonographer

The Bus and Truck driver sector agreement will now include Ship Masters and Deckhands.

The government had previously announced that bus and truck drivers would have a limited-time pathway to residency through a sector agreement in December 2022.

Recently, it has been confirmed that individuals working in roles under the ANZSCO code 231213 for Ship's Master/Skipper, and 899211 for Deck Hand, will also be included in this sector agreement with a time-limited pathway to residency.

Skippers must be paid the market rate and deckhands who are migrant workers must be paid at least the median wage to qualify for this sector agreement.

However, the details of the sector agreement for bus, truck, skipper, and deckhand roles are still being developed, and full information is expected to be announced soon, with the implementation to commence from late May.