Immigration and Citizenship Portfolio

Additional Estimates 2008-2009 (February 2009)

Immigration and Citizenship Portfolio

Question on notice index (Excel 64KB)

QON No.

Senator

Department branch/agency

Question

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1.

Barnett

Stakeholder Engagement and Property Branch

FOI requests

(PDF 7KB)

2.

Barnett

Procurement and Contracts Branch

Reviews and consultancies

(PDF 9KB)
Attachment
(PDF 10KB)

3.

Fierravanti-Wells

Program Analysis and Support Branch

Provide a copy of Population flows: immigration aspects.

(PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF)

4.

Barnett

Family and Health Policy Branch

Dr Moeller’s case

(PDF 7KB)

5.

Barnett

Family and Health Policy Branch

Dr Moeller’s case

(PDF 12KB)

6.

Barnett

Migration Strategies Branch

Migration program

(PDF 14KB)

7.

Barnett

Migration Strategies Branch

Migration program

(PDF 12KB)

8.

Barnett

Migration Strategies Branch

Migration program

(PDF 12KB)

9.

Fierravanti-Wells

Labour Market Branch

457 visa holders

(PDF 12KB)

10.

Hanson-Young

Onshore Protection Branch

Protection visas

(PDF 7KB)

11.

Fierrravanti-Wells

Humanitarian Branch

Locally engaged employees program

(PDF 7KB)

12.

Fierravanti-Wells

Humanitarian Branch

Refugee and humanitarian program

(PDF 13KB)

13.

Fierravanti-Wells

Onshore Protection Branch

Current onshore protection visa case load

(PDF 6KB)

14.

Fierravanti-Wells

Humanitarian Branch

Humanitarian stay temporary visas—safe haven visas

(PDF 7KB)

15.

Trood

Humanitarian Branch

Visas granted in relation to refugees - Liberia

(PDF 10KB)

16.

Fierravanti-Wells

Border Intelligence Branch

Abolition of temporary protection visas

(PDF 13KB)

17.

Fierravanti-Wells

Service Delivery Network Performance Branch

15 reductions across the posts of locally engaged employees

(PDF 7KB)

18.

Fierravanti-Wells

Compliance and Integrity Policy Branch

Breakdown by nationality and visa category for the 50,000 overstayers

(PDF 11KB)

19.

Fierravanti-Wells

Onshore Protection Branch

Ministerial intervention categories

(PDF 7KB)

20.

Fierravanti-Wells

Litigation Branch

Cases where people in detention brought actions for alleged personal injuries involving contractors that are looking after your detention centres

(PDF 7KB)

21.

Fierravanti-Wells

Financial Operations Branch

Statistics on costs associated with litigation where applicants are unsuccessful

(PDF 10KB)

22.

Humphries

Onshore Protection Branch

Have any of the (boat) arrivals in this most recent round been previous boat arrivals in Australia, onshore or offshore?  Were any of them previously on the Tampa?

(PDF 12KB)

23.

Fierravanti-Wells

Compliance and Integrity Policy Branch

Figures in relation to people who have been released from detention into the community

(PDF 7KB)

24.

Fierravanti-Wells

CDSD Coordination

Provide the cost of maintaining all of the immigration detention facilities

(PDF 6KB)

25.

Fierravanti-Wells

Settlement Branch

Statistics regarding full-time and part-time employment statistics for new arrivals

(PDF 13KB)

26.

Fierravanti-Wells

Settlement Branch

Resources used in the department that are targeted at increasing English proficiency especially in relation to vocational areas

(PDF 8KB)

27.

Fierravanti-Wells

Settlement Branch

Statistics on English proficiency

(PDF 8KB)

28.

Fierravanti-Wells

Citizenship Branch

Criteria that used for the new citizenship resource book tender selection

(PDF 8KB)

29.

Barnett

Citizenship Branch

Breakdown of the cost of the Citizenship Test Review Committee

(PDF 8KB)

30.

Barnett

Citizenship Branch

Sitting fee per day paid to the Citizenship Test Review Committee

(PDF 9KB)

31.

Barnett

Citizenship Branch

Citizenship test review website

(PDF 7KB)

32.

Fierravanti-Wells and Barnett

Citizenship Branch

Promotion of the value of Australian citizenship

(PDF 13KB)

33.

Fierravanti-Wells

Multicultural Affairs Branch

Breakdown of the grants for community relations

(PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 176KB)

34.

Fierravanti-Wells

Multicultural Affairs Branch

Copy of the document that sets out the Department’s expectations for the grant given to FECCA.

(PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 26KB)

35.

Fierravanti-Wells

Multicultural Affairs Branch

National action plan to build on social cohesion, harmony, security and community engagement and the grants of $10,000 to $20,000

(PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 176KB)

 

 

Written Questions on Notice

 

36.

Hanson-Young

Migration Review Tribunal/Refugee Review Tribunal

Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal budget

(PDF 9KB)

37.

Humphries

People Services Branch

SES positions

(PDF 7KB)

38.

Hanson-Young

Compliance Resolution Branch

General detention

(PDF 24KB)

39.

Hanson-Young

CDSD Coordination

Children in detention

(PDF 14KB)

40.

Hanson-Young

CDSD Coordination

Christmas Island

(PDF 13KB)

41.

Hanson-Young

CDSD Coordination

Christmas Island

(PDF 8KB)

42.

Hanson-Young

CDSD Coordination

Christmas Island

(PDF 13KB)

43.

Abetz

Compliance and Integrity Policy Branch

Number of ‘sham’ marriages (marriages of convenience or for the purposes of immigration alone) have been uncovered by the immigration department since 24 November, 2007

(PDF 7KB)

44.

Abetz

CDSD Coordination

Contracting private companies to manage the running of detention centres

(PDF 9KB)

45.

Abetz

Citizenship Branch

Australian Citizenship Review Committee’s report, Moving forward... Improving Pathway’s to Citizenship

(PDF 7KB)

46.

Fierravanti-Wells

Service Delivery Network Performance Branch

Locally engaged staff at overseas posts

(PDF 13KB)

47.

Fierravanti-Wells

Education and Tourism Branch

Retirement visa holders

(PDF 7KB)

48.

Barnett

Ministerial and Executive Services Branch

Community Cabinets

(PDF 14KB)

49.

Barnett

National Communications to coordinate with the Migration Review Tribunal/Refugee Review Tribunal

Media monitoring

(PDF 6KB)

50.

Barnett

Ministerial and Executive Services Branch

Ministerial travel

(PDF 16KB)

51.

Barnett

Procurement and Contracts Branch to coordinate with National Communications and the Migration Review Tribunal/Refugee Review Tribunal

Government advertising

(PDF 8KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 11KB)
Attachment B
(PDF 7KB)

52.

Barnett

Financial Policy and Analysis Branch

Department's hospitality expenditure

(PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 27KB)

53.

Barnett

Ministerial and Executive Services Branch

Ministerial hospitality expenditure

(PDF 8KB)

For further information, contact:

Estimates Officer
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au