Petitions on issues in the Immigration and Citizenship policy area
| Subject |
Presentation details* |
No. of signatures |
Further action |
Selective immigration policy
(PDF 57KB)
|
22 November 2010
21 February 2011
|
56
44 |
|
Amnesty for immigrants and refugees
(PDF 78KB) |
22 November 2010 |
22 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated
22 December 2010, presented 21 February 2011 (PDF
361KB) |
| Need for complementary protection legislation for people falling outside the Refugee Convention (PDF 10KB) |
Mr. R Broadbent, 12 May 2011 |
1,034 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 19 July 2011, presented 22 August 2011 (PDF 181KB) |
| Decentralisation of the Australian population from Cities to towns (PDF 105KB) |
4 July 2011 |
11 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 16 August 2011, presented 12 September 2011 (PDF 275KB) |
| Request that asylum seekers be allowed to come to Australia for processing (PDF 74KB) |
4 July 2011 |
7 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 20 October 2011, presented 21 November 2011 (PDF 282KB)
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 16 January 2012, presented 13 February 2012 (PDF 198KB)
|
| Request a halt to plans to transfer asylum seekers to Malaysia (PDF 34KB) |
Mr. A Wilkie, 24 August 2011 |
1,821 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 20 October 2011, presented 21 November 2011 (PDF 282KB)
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 16 January 2012, presented 13 February 2012 (PDF 198KB) |
| Requesting discretion be exercised under Section 499 of the Migration Act 1958 (PDF 85KB) |
22 August 2011 |
150 |
|
| Detention system for asylum seekers (PDF 66KB) |
The Hon. G. Hunt. MP, 22 August 2011 |
337 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 3 January 2012, presented 13 February 2012 (PDF 277KB) |
| Considerations for future migration regulation amendments (PDF 40KB) |
21 November 2011 |
129 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 3 January 2012, presented 13 February 2012 (PDF 277KB)
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 12 April 2012, presented 28 May 2012 (PDF 288KB) |
| Permanent residency requirements for a sibling of an Australian citizen (PDF 80KB) |
19 March 2012 |
257 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 17 July 2012, presented 20 August 2012 (PDF 182KB) |
| The plight of refugees and Australian Immigration laws (PDF 75KB) |
13 February 2012 |
233 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 26 April 2012, presented 21 May 2012 (PDF 282KB) |
| Requesting that asylum seeker legislation upholds standards set by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (PDF 58KB) |
20 August 2012 |
134 |
|
| Requesting a review of the security assessment by ASIO and the return to the community, of three detainees at Villawood detention centre (PDF 52KB) |
10 September 2012
|
56
|
|
| Requesting a review of the security assessment by ASIO and the return to the community, of three detainees at Villawood detention centre (PDF 56KB) |
10 September 2012 |
263 |
Response from Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, dated 5 February 2013, presented 18 March 2013 (PDF 828KB) |
| Request to reduce overseas aid and stop illegal immigration (PDF 31KB) |
17 September 2012 |
155 |
|
| Requesting the removal of families from Manus Island and removal of children from detention centres (PDF 526KB) |
11 February 2013 |
54 |
|
| Requesting that children and their accompanying families in immigration detention centres are placed in the community (PDF 368KB) |
18 March 2013 |
103 |
|
*Presented in the House of Representatives by the Chair of the Petitions Committee, unless otherwise indicated