Letters to Editors (2005)

The letters on these pages are sent by the department to media outlets following publication or broadcasting of items of portfolio interest.

December

• Visitor Visas (The Canberra Times, 21 December 2005)

November

• Retirement Visas (Wanneroo Times, 16 November 2005)

September

• Student Visa Applications (Australian Financial Review, 16 September 2005)

July

• Criteria for Citizenship (The West Australian, 29 July 2005)
• Debt Write-off (Sydney Morning Herald, 25 July 2005)
• Facts on Asylum Seekers (The Age, 19 July 2005)
• Migration Program Huge Asset (The Australian, 19 July 2005)
• Sex Workers (The Canberra Times, 5 July 2005)
• Skilled Migration (Independent Weekly, 4 July 2005)
• Refugee Intake (The Age, 4 July 2005)

June

• Nauru processing centre (The Canberra Times, 3 June 2005)
• Harris Visa (The Australian, 23 June 2005)
• Costs of offshore processing (The Canberra Times, 17 June 2005)
• Cooperation with Palmer Inquiry (Sunday Age, 20 June 2005)
• Iranian Christian (Australian Financial Review, 17 June 2005)
• Mr Chen's Dealings With DIMIA (Australian, 14 June 2005)
• Mr Chen's Dealings With DIMIA (Australian Financial Review, 14 June 2005)
• Mr Chen's Dealings With DIMIA (Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 2005)
• DIMIA Decisions (The Canberra Times, 14 June 2005)
• Mr Chen's contact with DIMIA (Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2005)
• Refugees (The Herald Sun, 8 June 2005)
• Canberra Times Wrong (The Canberra Times, 8 June 2005)
• DIMIA Culture (The Age, 7 June 2005)
• Immigration Data (The Australian, 7 June 2005)
• Hwang family (Sunday Telegraph, 6 June 2005)
• Tongan families (The Daily Telegraph, 6 June 2005)
• Immigration Detention (The Australian, 2 June 2005)

May

• Huge Fiscal Benefits for New Migrants (Herald Sun, 30 May 2005)
• East Timorese (The Courier Mail, 26 May 2005)
• Professor Mooney (The Canberra Times, 20 May 2005)
• English Testing (Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 2005)
• Immigration Detention (The Daily Telegraph, 4 May 2005)

April

• IT work visas (Computerworld, 29 April 2005)
• Skilled Migrants (The Australian, 18 April 2005)
• International Students (The Australian, 7 April 2005)

March

• Media Inquiry Answered (The Australian, 31 March 2005)
• Bill of Rights (The Canberra Times, 24 March 2005)
• Children in detention (The Canberra Times, 24 March 2005)
• Children in detention (The Fairfield Advance, 24 March 2005)
• Kumar Family (The Daily Liberal, 23 March 2005)
• Cornelia Rau (The West Australian, 15 March 2005)
• Mrs Hu (The Herald Sun, 10 March 2005)
• No Firearms (Sunday Age, 8 March 2005)
• Sex Slavery (The West Australian, 8 March 2005)

February

• Baxter Incident (The Age, 22 February 2005)
• Privacy (The Age, 21 February 2005)

January

• Detainees Removed (The Australian, 13 January 2005)