2008 Departmental Media Releases
September
- Pirate’s booty goes to Canberra charity - 25 September
- Immigration visits the South West - 22 September
- Blueprint for Immigration’s strategic direction - 18 September
- New colourful character in citizenship education - 17 September
- Citizenship spirit blooms at Floriade - 14 September
- Criminal citizenship conspiracy conviction leads to - 12 September
- Snoop Dogg granted visa - 12 September
- Immigration visits Mt Gambier - 11 September
- Changes in mental health screening for detainees - 11 September
- Immigration visits Geraldton and Moora - 5 September
- Student visa assessment levels changed - 3 September
- DIAC donates $20 000 to Red Cross - 2 September
August
- DIAC launches policy on employee care - 28 August
- DIAC outreach officers to visit Nowra - 25 August
- Immigration visits the Great Southern - 18 August
- Immigration visits Coober Pedy - 11 August
- DIAC outreach officers to visit the NSW Central West - 6 August
July
- Minimum salary increase for skilled workers - 30 July
- Salley takes next step towards Socceroos glory - 29 July
- Sales Full Federal Court decision - 22 July
- Immigration visits Port Augusta - 16 July
- Australia welcomes Pope and World Youth Day pilgrims - 14 July
- DIAC improves stakeholder engagement - 11 July
- Old records illuminate Queensland’s immigration history - 9 July
- DIAC outreach officers to visit Newcastle - 7 July
- Changes to 457 visa eligibility for truck drivers - 1 July
June
- Immigration visits Mandurah - 24 June
- Better performance on Freedom of Information - 24 June
- Refugees become Australians on Refugee Day - 19 June
- Tasmania celebrates Refugee Week - 18 June
- Australia closer to full reciprocal visa arrangements with EU - 16 June
- Immigration visits Broken Hill - 16 June
- Three visa overstayers detained in WA - 12 June
- Ensure pruning season slim pickings for illegal workers - 12 June
- DIAC outreach officers visit Illawarra region - 12 June
- Bend it like Brisbane - 6 June
- Overseas worker seminars in Esperance region - 6 June
May
- World Youth Day deadline nears - 27 May
- Recent graduates get professional start - 26 May
- Australia’s permanent additions on the rise - 26 May
- DIAC outreach officers visit NSW North Coast region - 20 May
- Immigration golfing day scores hole-in-one for newborns' charity - 19 May
- Committment to Clarke Inquiry remains strong - 15 May
- Illegal foreign fishers’ disturbance in detention centre - 14 May
April
- DIAC outreach officers to visit the New England region - 29 April
- Forensic officers awarded Australian Police Medals - 23 April
- Overseas worker seminar in Kalgoorlie - 21 April
- New community information summaries now online - 18 April
- Australia works together with Indonesia and the Philippines on enhancing border security - 14 April
- Capping of Contributory Parent category visas - 11 April
- Four illegal workers located near Batlow - 7 April
- Immigration visits Albany - 7 April
- Detention debt waiver and recovery report – 2 April
- DIAC expands citizenship testing in NT – 1 April
March
- Funding for projects to support Muslim communities – 31 March
- DIAC outreach officers to visit the Central Coast – 31 March
- DIAC outreach officers to visit Illawarra region – 31 March
- DIAC outreach officers to visit the Hunter Area – 31 March
- DIAC Industry Outreach Officer visit to Roma – 28 March
- Immigration visits Bunbury – 19 March
- Outreach visits come to the Central West – 19 March
- Australia extends faster visas to Slovak tourists – 19 March
- DIAC citizenship testing in Roma, Charleville and Emerald – 18 March
- Secretary loses his hair for cancer research – 14 March
- DIAC leading blood giver… now for the head shave – 13 March
- DIAC expands citizenship testing in north-west WA – 13 March
- Immigration visits Geraldton – 13 March
- HREOC report on 2005 detainee transfer – 12 March
- British backpacker – 11 March
- Illegal workers located in Robinvale – 8 March
- Australia top website hit before Dutch migration expo – 7 March
- Sex trafficking syndicate smashed – 7 March
- Growers urged to check work rights – 6 March
- DIAC and National Library announce immigration oral history project – 6 March
- Immigration visits Kalgoorlie – 3 March
- Immigration visits Berri – 3 March
February
- Department a good environmental citizen – 29 February
- Illegal workers located in Adelaide operation – 26 February
- Illegal workers located in Dareton region – 22 February
- Immigration visits Karratha – 18 February
- Immigration visits Port Hedland – 18 February
- Immigration visits Mount Gambier – 11 February
- Queensland Police and Sudanese youth to 'Bridge the gap' – 8 February
January
- Immigration visits Port Augusta – 25 January