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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 31/05/2000 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Outcome 1—Lawful and orderly entry and stay of people : Output 1.2—Refugee and humanitarian entry and stay : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN —I was going to ask some questions on the processing times of people held in detention. Have you got an average of what it is taking to process the primary application, particularly from a boat person held in detention? Ms Bedlington —I can give you the average processing
Date: 31/05/2000 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/1063/0011 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 31/05/2000 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Outcome 1—Lawful and orderly entry and stay of people : Output 1.3---Enforcement of immigration law : [Senate Estimates]

Senator LUDWIG —I think about 50,000 people overstay. At the last additional supplementary estimates, Senator Chris Schacht asked about a breakdown of the figures for those who return. The returnees amount to about 13,000. I think he asked about the breakdown of country of origin figures. In respect of the
Date: 31/05/2000 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/1063/0017 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 30/05/2000 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Outcome 1—Lawful and orderly entry and stay of people : Output 1.1—Non-humanitarian entry and stay : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN —The new entry requirements for parents were one of the major revenue items in the budget, purported to add some $155 million over four years from the introduction of the new visa class. Obviously, some thought has gone into this decision—that it is actually going to get through
Date: 30/05/2000 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/1059/0027 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 10/02/2000 : Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs : Outcome 1 - Lawful and orderly entry and stay of people : Output 1.2 - Refugee and humanitarian entry and stay : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN —I take it that this output will cover temporary entry visas that have been granted to those who arrive illegally in Australia. That is the new measure that came into operation late last year? Mr Farmer —Yes. Senator McKIERNAN —The minister received some publicity just last week, I
Date: 10/02/2000 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/726/0010 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 10/02/2000 : Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs : Outcome 1 - Lawful and orderly entry and stay of people : Output 1.3 - Enforcement of immigration law : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN —I have some questions about a media release by a parliamentary colleague from my state, Senator Ross Lightfoot, which was issued on 10 January. There are allegations contained in the press statement that, `Despite his strong support for the introduction of a limited three-year visa, Senator Lightfoot has
Date: 10/02/2000 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/726/0012 - Source: SENATE
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Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee : 04/05/99 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Program 2—Border control and compliance : Subprogram 2.3—Unauthorised arrivals : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN —The unauthorised arrivals, particularly those that landed at Holloways Beach in Queensland and in New South Wales in recent times, earlier at these hearings the departmental representatives were quite glowing when they talked about Coastwatch efforts in terms of protecting the coast from DIMA's point of view. Since
Date: 04/05/1999 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/g0000401.sgm/0060 - Source: SENATE
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Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee : 04/05/99 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Program 4—Multicultural affairs and citizenship : Subprogram 4.3—Settlement and language services : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN —The complexity of the tendering process for the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Stragegy was something that was puzzling me, and it seemed to me it is so complex that you have got to integrate seven different component parts into the coordination. I asked why this was made so complex
Date: 04/05/1999 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/g0000401.sgm/0068 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 13/11/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Program 2--Economic and family entry : Subprogram 2.2--Family Entry : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN --The matter of domestic violence, I know, is addressed in the secretary's report. I am pleased that the department is having an involvement in that campaign in that program. In its fact sheets--which I have had extensive use of over the years--the department did have a fact sheet on domestic violence. To
Date: 13/11/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd971113a_slc.out/0051 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 13/11/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Program 3--Humanitarian and refugee resettlement : Subprogram 3.1--Off-shore refugee and humanitarian : [Senate Estimates]

Senator McKIERNAN --Quite recently when I was in Hong Kong I was very pleased to note that the detention facilities for boat people in Hong Kong had now closed. However, I was informed in a briefing that I received from the Consul-General that there is still a humanitarian problem in Hong Kong and that
Date: 13/11/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd971113a_slc.out/0054 - Source: SENATE
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LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 13/11/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS : Program 3--Humanitarian and refugee resettlement : Subprogram 3.2--On-shore protection : [Senate Estimates]

Senator COONEY --On page 47 of your annual report, you have `the objective'. If I used that statement of the objective in any argument I might want to put anywhere, would that be acceptable? Do the secretary and the department stick by that objective? Ms Williams --As I said earlier, we are looking
Date: 13/11/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd971113a_slc.out/0056 - Source: SENATE

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