Immigration & Citizenship Portfolio

Supplementary Budget Estimates 2009-2010 (October 2009)

Immigration & Citizenship Portfolio

Letters of correction

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Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Border Management – War Crimes Screening Arrangements

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Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Ministerial Discretions

(PDF 440KB)

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Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Timeline: Sri Lankan refugee flows 1998-2009

(PDF 167KB)

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Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Timeline: Afghan refugee flows 1998-2009

(PDF 185KB)

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Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Timeline: Iraqi refugee flows 1998-2009

(PDF 197KB)

Questions on notice

Questions on notice index (PDF 87KB)

Answers to questions on notice are due 11 December 2009.

QON No. Hansard Reference/Written Senator Agency/Program Question View
1. 11and 13 Barnett and Fierravanti-Wells MRT/RRT Codified procedures (PDF 7KB)
Attachment A
(PDF 159KB)
Attachment B
(PDF 63KB)
2. 20 Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Cancellation of migration agents (PDF 12KB)
3. 20 and Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Migration agents (PDF 15KB)
4. 21-22 Barnett 1.1 Office of the MARA - transfer of funds to consolidated revenue (PDF 7KB)
5. 22 Barnett 1.1 Office of the MARA – establishment of a fidelity fund (PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 499KB)
6. 24 Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Office of the MARA - Progress report on consumer protection. (PDF 13KB)
7. 25 Barnett 1.1 Draft code of conduct for migration agents (PDF 4668KB)
Final response

(PDF 8KB)
Attachment
(PDF 79KB)

8. 26 Barnett 1.1 Cost incurred under the previous MARA for the website establishment (PDF 7KB)
9. 27 Barnett 1.1 MARA emergency website (PDF 7KB)
10. 27 Barnett 1.1 MARA website (PDF 8KB)
11. 37 Back 1.1 457 visas (PDF 7KB)
12. 47 Barnett 4.1 Student overstayers as at 30 June 2008 (PDF 7KB)
13. 48 Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Student visa holders (PDF 9KB)
14. 50 Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Consultations on the MODL (PDF 7KB)
Attachments
(PDF 78KB)
(PDF 127KB)
15. 50 Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Employer-sponsored category within the migration program (PDF 17KB)
16. 53 Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Labour hire agreements (PDF 11KB)
17. 54 Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 Article in The Age on 10 October referring to foreign agents (PDF 14KB)
18. 54 and written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Spouse visas (PDF 11KB)
19. 55 Barnett 1.1 Pacific Seasonal Labour Scheme - terms of reference for the forthcoming trial (PDF 34KB)
20. 55 Barnett 1.1 Pacific Seasonal Labour Scheme - pre-pilot trial (PDF 18KB)
21. 56 and written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Working Holiday Maker visas (PDF 13KB)
22. 56-57 Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 Compliance problems with the Working Holiday visas (PDF 7KB)
23. 57 and Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Australians who left Australia permanently in 06/07, 07/08, 08/09 (PDF 44KB)
24. 57 Barnett 1.1 Publication Population Flows for 2008-09 (PDF 7KB)
25. 61 Hanson-Young 2.1 Refugees in both Malaysia and Indonesia - protocols surrounding children (PDF 7KB)
26. 61 Hanson-Young 2.1 Refugee children being detained arbitrarily in Malaysia (PDF 7KB)
27. 63 Fielding 3.1 Guy Campos case (PDF 8KB)
28. 66 Hanson-Young 2.1 UNHCR access to Tamil refugee camps (PDF 7KB)
29. 68 and 94 Hanson-Young and Barnett 4.2 Costs for IDCs on the mainland (PDF 7KB)
30. 68 Hanson-Young 2.1 IAAAS costs for Christmas Island (PDF 7KB)
31. 70 Hanson-Young 2.1 Number of unauthorised air arrivals who applied for Protection Visas in 2008-09 (PDF 7KB)
32. 71 Brandis 3.1 AFP document entitled ‘Strategic intelligence forecast: transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia’ (PDF 7KB)
33. 71 Brandis 3.1 AFP document entitled ‘Strategic intelligence forecast: transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia’ (PDF 7KB)
34. 71 Brandis 3.1 AFP document entitled ‘Strategic intelligence forecast: transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia’ (PDF 7KB)
35. 72 Brandis 3.1 AFP document entitled ‘Strategic intelligence forecast: transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia’ (PDF 7KB)
36. 73 Brandis 3.1 Frequency of advice from the AFP in relation to people-smuggling activities (PDF 6KB)
37. 86 Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Location of irregular maritime arrivals on Christmas Island (PDF 12KB)
Attachment
(PDF 265KB)
38. 91-92 Fierravanti-Wells
Barnett
4.3 Profile of Australian government officials on Christmas Island (PDF 10KB)
39. 93 Barnett 4.3 Allowances and bonuses paid to departmental staff on Christmas Island (PDF 12KB)
40. 94 Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Breakdown of levels of staff on Christmas Island (PDF 7KB)
41. 94 Barnett 4.3 Capital cost, fixed cost and variable cost of the Christmas Island detention centre (PDF 5KB)
42. 94 and 97 Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Breakdown of people on Christmas Island (PDF 13KB)
43. 96-97 Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Allowances paid to the irregular maritime arrivals on Christmas Island (PDF 10KB)
44. 100 Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Progress has Indonesia made to criminalise people smuggling (PDF 7KB)
45. 101 Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Countries part of the Bali summit (PDF 11KB)
46. 103 Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Letter Ms Wilson received from the Northern Territory Police’s Commander, Crime and Specialist Support Command (PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 47KB)
47. 106-107 Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Have any of the 42 people from the SIEV 36 lodged applications for family reunion? (PDF 7KB)
48. 114 Fierravanti-Wells 3.1 Unauthorised arrivals at airports (PDF 8KB)
49. 114 Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Unauthorised air arrivals who have applied for Protection Visas (PDF 7KB)
50. 114 Barnett 3.1 Unauthorised arrivals by sea (PDF 17KB)
51. 115 Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 Profile of overstayers (PDF 14KB)
52. 118 Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Entrants under the humanitarian program who remained unemployed at the end of their first year in Australia (PDF 8KB)
53. 119 Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR data on registrations in Indonesia and Malaysia (PDF 7KB)
54. 122 Fierravanti-Wells 4.4 Illegal foreign fishers Transferred to DAFF/AFMA
55. 123 Fierravanti-Wells 6.1 Granting of Australian citizenship to Tatiana Borodulina (PDF 7KB)
56. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Legislative and administrative changes to immigration policy since the election of the Rudd Government (PDF 15KB)
57. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 and 2.1 Ministerial discretion (PDF 9KB)
58. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Future population growth (PDF 14KB)
59. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Pre-election commitments of the Rudd Government in the immigration and citizenship portfolio (PDF 4KB)
60. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Electorate level reports prepared for Ministers (PDF 7KB)
61. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Consultancy services since November 2007 (PDF 7KB)
62. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Advertising and marketing (PDF 8KB)
63. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product List of all discretionary grants, including ad hoc and one-off grants since November 2007 (PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(Word 490KB)
64. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Reports commissioned by the Rudd Government in the immigration and citizenship portfolio (PDF 20KB)
65. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Statistics for the past 5 years on migration agents (PDF 8KB)
Revised answer
(PDF 208KB)
66. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 In relation to the fees, please outline the difference for commercial and non-commercial agents (PDF 13KB)
67. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 International students (PDF 11KB)
68. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 and 5.1 Unemployment statistics for general skilled migrants (PDF 8KB)
69. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 New settlers (PDF 19KB)
70. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 457 visas (PDF 28KB)
71. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Delays in labour hire agreements (PDF 6KB)
72. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Statistics in relation to skilled migrants granted permanent visas (PDF 8KB)
73. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Pacific Islander Worker Scheme (PDF 14KB)
74. Written Fierravanti-Wells 1.1 Religious visas (PDF 8KB)
75. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR registered asylum seekers (PDF 12KB)
76. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR registered asylum seekers (PDF 16KB)
77. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR registered asylum seekers (PDF 7KB)
78. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR registered asylum seekers (PDF 13KB)
79. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR registered asylum seekers (PDF 8KB)
80. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR registered asylum seekers (PDF 7KB)
81. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Refugee Convention in relation to non-refoulement (PDF 17KB)
82. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Definition of refugee according the UNHCR (PDF 8KB)
83. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 UNHCR applications and monthly updates of registrations (PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(Excel 26KB)
84. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Payments to UNHCR and IOM (PDF 7KB)
85. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 2002 directive from the Director General of Immigration (PDF 7KB)
Attachment
(PDF 470KB)
86. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Profile of all unauthorised boat arrivals since August 2008 (PDF 26KB)
87. Written Fierravanti-Wells Internal Product Increase in people smuggling – impact on staffing in department (PDF 6KB)
88. Written Fierravanti-Wells 3.1 AFP report entitled 'Strategic intelligence forecast-transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia' (PDF 7KB)
89. Written Fierravanti-Wells 3.1 Maritime Incident Management Group meetings (PDF 7KB)
90. Written Fierravanti-Wells 3.1 People smuggling (PDF 7KB)
91. Written Fierravanti-Wells 3.1 Public relations campaign to deter asylum seekers from Sri Lanka – extension to other countries Transferred to ACBPS
92. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 and 2.1 Profile of overstayers for the past 5 years including (PDF 15KB)
93. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 Long-term overstayers (PDF 14KB)
94. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 Abolition of detention debt –impact on the number of overstayers located (PDF 7KB)
95. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Case of the 9 or 10 onshore arrivals that were refused asylum and returned to Sri Lanka (PDF 7KB)
96. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Applications for asylum received since the abolition of the 45 day rule (PDF 7KB)
97. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Christmas Island Detention Centre (PDF 7KB)
98. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Staff required on Christmas Island Detention Centre (PDF 7KB)
99. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Movement of juveniles from Christmas Island to the Melbourne Detention Centre (PDF 8KB)
100. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Christmas Island detention centre – staffing (PDF 7KB)
101. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 Christmas Island detention centre (PDF 7KB)
102. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Offshore and onshore processing procedures (PDF 15KB)
103. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Comparison of Temporary Protection visas with permanent visas (PDF 24KB)
104. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Temporary Protection Visas (PDF 7KB)
105. Written Fierravanti-Wells 2.1 Temporary Protection Visas (PDF 8KB)
106. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.3 SIEV 36 (PDF 7KB)
107. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.1 Mehmet Ince (PDF 9KB)
108. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.4 Illegal fishers Transferred to DAFF/AFMA
109. Written Fierravanti-Wells 4.2 Illegal fishers - Darwin Detention Centre (PDF 7KB)
110. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Settlement services - cost of services provided to each ethnic group (PDF 7KB)
111. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Humanitarian settlement in regional areas (PDF 16KB)
112. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Funding for the Adult Migrant English Program since 2007/08 (PDF 8KB)
113. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Reduction in budget for Adult Migrant English Program (PDF 7KB)
114. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Reforms to the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy (PDF 7KB)
115. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Settlement Grants Program (PDF 7KB)
116. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Settlement Grants Program (PDF 7KB)
117. Written Fierravanti-Wells 5.1 Settlement Grants Program (PDF 12KB)
118. Written Fierravanti-Wells 6.1 Citizenship test (PDF 15KB)
119. Written Fierravanti-Wells 6.1 Citizenship conferred without the need to have English language proficiency (PDF 13KB)
120. Written Ludlum 3.1 Full Time Equivalent staff working in the War Crimes Screening Unit. (PDF 7KB)
121. Written Back 1.1 Changes to the minimum English language requirement for General Skilled Migration that came into effect from the 14 September for subclasses 457 (175 & 176) (PDF 6KB)
122. Written Back 1.1 Exemption from the English language test (PDF 10KB)
123. Written Back 1.1 English proficiency test changes impact on chef and head chef positions (PDF 14KB)
124. Written Back 1.1 Expansion of new requirements for General Skilled Migration (PDF 7KB)
125. Written Back 1.1 WA resources sector (PDF 10KB)
126. Written Back 1.1 Montara Oil Spill (PDF 10KB)

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