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POTENTIAL migrants now have an official entry direct to the Minister for Immigration, Mr Philip Ruddock to raise matters concerning policy issues.
As part of the 2001-2002 Migration and Humanitarian Programmes consultation process, the Minister established a temporary on-line public discussion forum to allow people to contribute to a discussion about immigration issues and associated settlement issues.
This forum will be open until 15 December 2000 to receive comments and queries on the 2001-2002 Migration and Humanitarian Programmes. After this time, the Minister will provide a general commentary summing up key issues raised during the period of the forum.
All material published to the site will also remain public on this web-site until the closure of the forum on 31 January 2001.
This is not a forum for raising queries/comments relating to specific individual immigration cases. If you have such a query, you should contact your local Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs office in your State or Territory or at the appropriate overseas post.
Neither the Minister not the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, will respond to individual messages. However on 4 December 2000, Mr Ruddock will provide comments on key issues raised after the site has been open for several weeks, and shortly after the conclusion of the forum on 15 December 2000.
Before you compose your message, please ensure that you have read the Terms of Use.
Messages received will be scrutinised for consistency with the Terms of Use before they can be posted to this site. There is no guarantee that your query or comment will be posted on this site.
You are also encouraged to read the Ministers introductory comments prior to submitting a comment or query.
You can log to the forum at http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/forum/index.htm