Joint Standing Committee on Migration

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Inquiry into immigration detention in Australia
Current inquiry

Inquiry into temporary business visas
Parliamentary Paper: 185/2007; Tabled: 12 September 2007
Government Response: no response to date

Report of the Parliamentary Delegation to New Zealand: Australia-New Zealand Committee Exchange Program
Parliamentary Paper: 420/2006; Tabled: 4 December 2006
Government Response: no response required

Inquiry into skills recognition, upgrading and licensing
Parliamentary Paper: 187/2006; Tabled: 11 September 2006
Government Response: no response to date

Review of Audit Report No. 1 2005-2006: Management of Detention Centre Contracts - Part B
Parliamentary Paper: 452/2005; Tabled: 5 December 2005
Government Response: 24 May 2007

Inspection of Baxter Detention Centre, 19 April 2005 (PDF 215KB)
Media Release
Parliamentary Paper: 207/2005; Tabled: 5 September 2005
Government Response: no response required

40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Joint Standing Committee on Migration

Review of skilled migration
Tabled 29 March 2004.
Tabling Speech: Ms Teresa Gambaro MP (Chair)
Government Response: 1 December 2005

Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B, 2003
Tabled 26 May 2003.
Government Response: 13 May 2004

39th Parliament (November 1998 - October 2001)
Joint Standing Committee on Migration

New faces, new places: Review of State-specific Migration Mechanisms
Tabled 20 September 2001.
Government Response: 20 June 2002

Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B, 2001
Tabled 18 June 2001.
Tabling Speech: Mrs Margaret May MP (Chair)
Government Response: 9 December 2002

Review of Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000
Tabled 9 October 2000.
Tabling Speech: Mrs Chris Gallus MP (Chair)
Committee's Media Release
Government Response: Tabled 9 August 2001 (dated 7 February 2001)

Not the Hilton: Immigration Detention Centres: Inspection Report
Tabled 4 September 2000.
Tabling Speech: Mrs Chris Gallus MP (Chair)
Committee's Media Release
Government Response: 3 March 2003

Going for Gold: Immigration Entry Arrangements for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Tabled 27 September 1999.
Tabling Speech: Mrs Chris Gallus MP (Chair)
Government Response: 11 May 2000

Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B
Tabled 31 May 1999.
Government Response: 10 December 2002

38th Parliament (May 1996 - August 1998)
Joint Standing Committee on Migration

Report on Inspections of Immigration Detention Centres throughout Australia
Tabled: 23 November 1998 (presented to the Speaker and the President on 27 August 1998)
Government response: 2 September 1999

Deportation of Non-Citizen Criminals
Tabled: 29 June 1998
Government response: 15 August 2000

Working Holiday Makers: More Than Tourists (August 1997)
Tabled: 1 September 1997
Government response: 2 September 1999

Australia's Visa System For Visitors (January 1996)
Tabled: 2 May 1996
Government response: 23 November 1999

Protecting the Vulnerable? The Migration Agents Registration Scheme (May 1995)

Inquiry into Australia's Visa System for Visitors, Issues Paper (December 1994)

The Immigration Review Tribunal Appointments Process (December 1994)

Australians All: Enhancing Australian Citizenship (September 1994)

Inquiry into Enhancing the Meaning of Australian Citizenship, Issues Paper (April 1994)

Asylum, Border Control and Detention (February 1994)

Conditional Migrant Entry: The Health Rules (December 1992)

Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian System: Achieving a balance between refuge and control (August 1992)

Special Report No. 1, Recommendations to the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (September 1991)

Change of Status on Grounds of Spouse/De Facto Relationships (May 1991)

Illegal Entrants in Australia: Balancing Control and Compassion (September 1990)

35th Parliament (September 1987 - February 1990)
Joint Select Committee on Migration Regulations

Second report to the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (12 December 1989)

First report to the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (28 November 1989)

Earlier reports

For a list of earlier reports by this Committee, see the Register of Committee Reports (1901 to current day).

Copies of reports

For reports not available on this web site, contact Committee Secretariat.

Copies of submissions and transcripts of public hearings

Printed volumes of submissions and transcripts of evidence taken at public hearings for each of the above reports can be reviewed at the National Library of Australia or with the Committee Secretariat.

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