Departmental Publications
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The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has a range of publications on the services we provide.
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If you know the title of the publication you can use our A–Z publications listing.
See: Alphabetical List
List by topics
These publications cover:
- Australian Citizenship
- Migrating to Australia
- Multicultural Australia
- Refugee & Humanitarian Issues
- Research Publications
- Settlement
- Statistics
- Systems for People
- The Department
- Visiting Australia
- Working in Australia
Translated publications
The department offers a broad range of translated resources and services to people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
See: Translated Resources
Discussion papers
A listing of discussion papers on a range of issues.
See: Discussion Papers
Special publications
- Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 29KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Brendan O'Connor, March 2013 - Australian Human Rights Commission Report on Immigration Detention on Christmas Island 2012 and the Response
- Government Response to Recommendations by the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network (199KB PDF file)
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration report ( 88KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, November 2012 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 42KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, November 2012 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 22KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, October 2012 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 28KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, September 2012 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 32KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, August 2012 - Australian Human Rights Commission Report on Community Arrangements for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Stateless Persons and the Response July 2012
- Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 16KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, June 2012 - Government Response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee on the Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Malaysia on Transfer and Resettlement (51KB Word file)
June 2012 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 20KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, May 2012 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 26KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, March 2012 - Independent Review of the Incidents at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre and Villawood Immigration Detention Centre and the Response November 2011
- Regulating Migration Litigation after Plaintiff M61 (1.0MB PDF file)
Prof John McMillan AO, 2011 - Government Response to McMillan Report ( 56KB PDF file)
Government Statement, November 2011 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 18KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, November 2011 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 16KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, October 2011 - Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network (1.5MB PDF file)
Submission to the Joint Select Committee, September 2011 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 14KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, September 2011 - Government Response to the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters ( 51KB PDF file)
Response to Senate Select Committee Report March 2004, June 2011 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 39KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, June 2011 - Response to Ombudsman's Assessments Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 ( 21KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, May 2011 - Response to Ombudsman's Reports Made Under Section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 (
25KB PDF file)
Statement to Parliament, Chris Bowen, February 2011