Letters to Editors (2011)
The letters on these pages are sent by the department to media outlets following publication or broadcasting of items of portfolio interest.
December
- Christmas for detainees (The Gold Coast Sun, 22 December 2011)
November
- Razor wire (The Adelaide Advertiser, 24 November 2011)
- Prospective spouse visas (Herald Sun, 07 November 2011)
- Prospective spouse visas (Daily Telegraph, 10 November 2011)
October
- Refugee intake (The Courier Mail, 20 October 2011)
- Refugee convention correction (The Weekend Australian, 17 October 2011)
- Incorrect 'razor wire' claims (The West Australian, 17 October 2011)
- Age determination (The Australian, 06 October 2011)
August
- Duty of care to detainees (Herald Sun, 16 August 2011)
- Humanitarian program (Herald Sun, 11 August 2011)
- High Court injunction – DIAC funding claim (The Australian, 09 August 2011)
- Australia welcomes students learning English (St Petersburg Times, 08 August 2011)
- Malaysia transfers (The Daily Telegraph, 02 August 2011)
July
- IMA staffing costs (Northern Territory News, 29 July 2011)
- Asylum families in ACT suburbs (Canberra Times, 25 July 2011)
- IMA staffing costs (Sunday Times, 21 July 2011)
- IMA staffing costs (Sunday Telegraph, 21 July 2011)
- Weipa's woes (The Cairns Post, 14 July 2011)
- Medical attention provided to detainee (Southern Star, 5 July 2011)
June
- Children in community detention (Courier Mail, 30 June 2011)
- Identification of minors (The Australian, 17 June 2011)
May
- Hoax refugee email (The West Australian, 16 May 2011)
- Villawood escapee not illegal refugee (Gold Coast Bulletin, 12 May 2011)
- Irresponsible publication of asylum seeker photographs (The Australian, 11 May 2011)
April
- Curtin accommodation (The West Australian, 30 April 2011)
March
- Important message (346KB PDF file) (PNG newspapers, 11 March 2011)
- Multiculturalism (Manly Daily, 9 March 2011)
February
- Clarification by Daily Telegraph (Daily Telegraph, 24 February 2011)
- Secret networks may be hiding escapees (Courier Mail, 23 February 2011)
- Escapees not asylum seekers (Herald Sun, 22 February 2011)
- Escapees not asylum seekers (Adelaide Advertiser, 22 February 2011)
- Australia must populate now or perish the thought (The Launceston Examiner, 4 February 2011)
January
- Australian cultural promotion in India (The Australian Financial Review, 27 January 2011)
- Australia's skilled migration program (Australian Financial Review, 10 January 2011)
- PR trumps policy amid claims of staff shortage (The Australian, 10 January 2011)
- Public servants' ‘free’ week off (Sunday Telegraph, 9 January 2011)
- Extra leave for PS (Sunday Mail, 9 January 2011)