2006 Departmental Media Releases
November
- ASEAN-Australia Immigration Consultations (15 November)
- Study evaluates skilled migration to Riverina (14 November)
- Griffith volunteers help refugee settlement (14 November)
- How DIMA services help Riverina businesses and people (9 November)
- Refugee Week in WA (3 November)
- No change for Sri Lankans (1 November)
October
- Bureaucrats barbecued breakfast for breast cancer benefit (27 October)
- Toowoomba Refugee Week lunch becomes a banquet (25 October)
- Barbecue breakfast for breast cancer benefit (25 October)
- Immigration officers visit Kalgoorlie (24 October)
- Citizenship – more than just a ceremony (24 October)
- How to attract skilled workers to Kalgoorlie (23 October)
- Adelaide commemorates Hungary uprising (19 October)
- Adelaide Expo showcases settlement services (19 October)
- Helping meet the needs of NT refugee arrivals (19 October)
- Hungary recognises Australia’s heroes of freedom (19 October)
- A new doctor for the Central Coast (16 October)
- Attracting skilled employees to Kalgoorlie (12 October)
September
- Immigration signs $200 million contract with IBM (29 September)
- Debate increases calls to citizenship information line (25 September)
- Skilled Migration and Training Are Complementary Says Research and Employers (18 September)
- Privacy Commissioner and DIMA Work Together To Improve Privacy Compliance (18 September)
- Floriade event marks national citizenship day (17 September)
- Helping Meet the Needs of WA’s Refugee Arrivals (14 September)
- New Laws for Employers of Illegal Workers (13 September)
- Immigration Officers Visit Port Hedland Port (12 September)
August
- DIMA Welcomes Victorian Public Affairs Officer (28 August)
- Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (25 August)
- More than 60 years of helping refugees in Tasmania (17 August)
- DIMA Welcomes West-Australian Public Affairs Officer (14 August)
- DIMA Welcomes NSW-Based Public Affairs Officer (07 August)
July
- Seven Detained In Immigration Compliance Operation (26 July)
- Staff of the Immigration Department assists Innisfail SES (26 July)
- DIMA Welcomes New S.A.- Based Public Affairs Officer (24 July)
- DIMA Welcomes Queensland-Based Public Affairs Officer (24 July)
- Illegal Foreign Fishers Relocated To Baxter IDF (18 July)
May
- Refugee Youth Catch Socceroos Fever (24 May)
- Psychiatric Treatment Decisions Made By Independent Clinicians (23 May)
- Safety Findings Considered Without Delay (19 May)
- Better settlement planning for refugees and migrants (11 May)
- Excited About Science - And Citizenship Questacon Director Becomes Australian Citizen (3 May)
April
- Mrs Aziza Yaukob Agha – Ombudsman’s Report (19 April)
- Villawood asbestos mitigation completed (18 April)
- Protestors disrupt visitor access (14 April)
- New Settlers Continue To Increase (13 April)
- DIMA Staff Survey a key plank of reform plan (13 April)
- All detainees now relocated (12 April)
- Villawood Issue Being Managed Appropriately (5 April)
March
- Final Two Sierra Leone Athletes Located and Granted Visas (29 March)
- Six More Sierra Leone Athletes Located and Granted Visas (28 March)
- Six Sierra Leone athletes located and granted visas (27 March)
- Commonwealth Ombudsman Report into Detained Australian Citizen (23 March)
- Australia’s Biggest Multicultural Event Coincides with Commonwealth Games (14 March)
- Volunteers to Launch National Harmony Day Celebrations (9 March)
- Queenslanders Focus on Harmony (2 March)
- ANAO Audit of DIMA’s Management of the Tender Process for the Detention Services Contract (1 March)
January
- Boat Arrivals Flown to Christmas Island (19 January)
- Removal Costs Misrepresented (19 January)