From today, a long life in Australia counts for less if you're a non-citizen who fails the character test. Direction 123, the rulebook Home Affairs officers and the tribunal must follow when they decide whether to cancel a criminal's visa, starts on Saturday 31 October, and it moves your ties to this country out of the top tier of things they have to weigh.

An Australian Border Force patrol boat leaves Fremantle in 2021. Photo: Bahnfrend / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, modified