42nd Parliament: Petitions on issues in the Immigration and Citizenship policy area
| Subject |
Presentation details* |
No. of signatures |
Further action |
| Asylum |
Income support for asylum seekers (PDF 75KB) |
26 May 2008
2 June 2008
1 September 2008
22 September 2008
20 October 2008
24 November 2008
Mr Dreyfus, 2 December 2008
23 February 2009
|
26
50
19
12
17
20
61
55 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
24 August 2008 (PDF 151KB)
Response from Minister for Human Services, dated 1 October 2008
(PDF 115KB)
Public hearing program, 22 October 2008 (PDF 380KB)
Public hearing transcript, 22 October 2008
Answer to question on notice (PDF 30KB)
Public hearing program, 30 October 2008 (288KB)
Public hearing transcript, 30 October 2008
|
Iraqi Christians (PDF 38KB) |
24 November 2008 |
4,414 |
Response from Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated 28 January 2009
(PDF 125KB)
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
25 February 2009 (PDF 242 KB) |
Mandatory detention of Asylum seekers (PDF 79KB) |
Ms Burke, 19 March 2009 |
2,064 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
15 July 2009 (PDF 228KB)
Public hearing program, 28 October 2009 (PDF 49KB)
Public hearing transcript, 28 October 2009
Public hearing program, 28 April 2010 (PDF 37KB)
Public hearing transcript, 28 April 2010 |
| Navigate to Topics: Asylum | Immigration | Residency | Other | |
| Immigration |
Selective immigration policy (PDF 57KB)
|
17 March 2008
15 March 2010
|
269
703
|
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
13 April 2008 (PDF 106KB)
Public hearing program, 22 October 2008 (PDF 380KB)
Public hearing transcript, 22 October 2008
|
Reduce migration to Australia (PDF 44KB) |
23 November 2009 |
21 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 5 March 2010 (PDF 283KB) |
Amnesty for immigrants and refugees (PDF 73KB) |
8 February 2010 |
9 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 19 July 2010 (PDF 351KB) |
Requesting compassionate granting of permanent residency (PDF 79KB) |
8 February 2010 |
5 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 19 July 2010 (PDF 351KB) |
| Review of immigration case (PDF 75KB) |
31 May 2010 |
191 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 19 July 2010 (PDF 86KB) |
| Navigate to Topics: Asylum | Immigration | Residency | Other | |
| Residency |
Permanent residency for 410 visa holders (PDF 36KB) |
1 September 2008
20 October 2008 |
2
2 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
14 October 2008 (PDF 110KB)
Public hearing program, 22 October 2008 (PDF 380KB)
Public hearing transcript, 22 October 2008
Answers to questions on notice (PDF 105KB)
Public hearing program, 30 October 2008 (PDF 288KB)
Public hearing transcript, 30 October 2008
Public hearing program, 3 December 2008 (PDF 198KB)
Public hearing transcript, 3 December 2008 |
Permanent residency for New Zealand citizens living in Australia (PDF 92KB) |
25 May 2009 |
8 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
18 July 2009 (PDF 155KB) |
| Navigate to Topics: Asylum | Immigration | Residency | Other | |
| Other |
Adoption of child from China (94KB) |
8 February 2010 |
586 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 16 March 2010 (PDF 180KB) |
| Navigate to Topics: Asylum | Immigration | Residency | Other | |
*Presented in the House of Representatives by the Speaker or the Chair of the Petitions Committee, unless otherwise indicated