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The portfolio and department were created in July 1945, during the last months of World War II.Previously, immigration affairs were handled by the Minister for Home Affairs (1901–1932) and the Minister for the Interior (1932–1945), except that between January 1925 and January 1928 Victor Wilson and Thomas Paterson were Ministers for Markets and Migration.
This exemption from passport control is part of a treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea negotiated when PNG became independent from Australia in 1975. Full list was determined in 2000 and includes the following 13 villages – Bula, Mari, Jarai, Tais, Buji/Ber, Sigabadaru, Mabadauan, Old Mawatta, Ture Ture, Kadawa, Katatai, Parama and Sui.
Following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022, the newly-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated that while the Section 501 deportation policy would remain, he was open to "tweaking" the policy to take into account the amount of time an individual had lived in Australia. In addition, New Zealand Prime Minister ...
NZYQ v Minister for Immigration Court High Court of Australia Full case name NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Decided 28 November 2023 Citation HCA 37 Court membership Judges sitting Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot, Beech-Jones JJ Case opinions Detention of non-citizens is not for a non-punitive purpose if there is no real prospect of ...
Australia excludes any person who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 12 months or more. [ 1 ] Canada excludes any person who has committed a non- summary offence , unless, after waiting until five years have elapsed since the expiration of any sentence imposed for the offence, they satisfy the Canadian Minister of Immigration that ...
Immigration and border security were two issues that dominated news coverage and political debate in 2024, likely helping to decide the presidential election, as both candidates sought to present ...
In July 1945, the Department of Immigration was established as Australia launched a massive immigration program following World War II. The then Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell promoted mass immigration with the slogan "populate or perish". [9] Since 1945, the department's names, functions and responsibilities have changed several ...
Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory, was brought within the Australian migration zone on 1 July 2016. [2] From that date, anyone living on Norfolk Island needed to be an Australian citizen or hold a visa under the Australian Migration Act 1958, and all island legislation on the matter ceased to apply. The Department of Immigration ...