I'm asking this question in reverse this is about Thais getting work visa's to go to Australia , I own a company and employ many foreigners in Australia on WHV but my partner is thai and I would really like to get her brother to Australia to work for me, even if it is only a short period, I've asked Australian solicitors and they tell me Australia has no agreement with thailand so the old 457 doesn't apply and never met a thai on a WHV am I missing an obvious solution to this issue ??

So, just been to immigration with my family and have been rejected for a 60 day Covid visa. I was actually working until Jan 27 and we have a reason for not being able to move to our new destination (borders closed).

My wife has a contract for temporary filler job, but the school can't process work permits at the moment.

Trying to come up with plan d.