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)