Letters to Editors (2009)

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

October

• Refugee hoax (Hobart Mercury, 21 October 2009 - Piers Akerman editorial)
• Unsubstantiated claims (The Australian, 14 October 2009)

September

• Hoax refugee email (Atherton Tablelander, 2 September 2009)

August

• No Children in Detention (Courier Mail, 25 August 2009)

July

• New consideration for visas (Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July 2009)

May

• Hoax refugee email (The Daily Mercury, 20 May 2009)
• Hoax refugee email (The Adelaide Advertiser, 20 May 2009)

February

• Correcting Iain's view (Port Lincoln Times, 5 February 2009)

January

• Convicted killers not coming here (Fraser Coast Chronicle, 14 January 2009)