As part of its planned humanitarian program, the government allocates places each year to refugees and others with humanitarian needs. This year's humanitarian program allocated 13,000 places for 2005-06, including 6000 places for the resettlement of refugees and 7000 places for the Special Humanitarian Program and protection visas in Australia. This research note outlines Australia's...

In this e-brief Janet Phillips and Adrienne Millbank summarise recent developments and key issues in the debate about mandatory detention in Australia. They provide links to web sites and material covering detention policy and practice in Australia, and detention and removal policies and practices in the UK and other comparable countries.

As part of its planned migration program, the federal government allocates places each year for people wanting to migrate permanently to Australia. The 2005-06 migration program allows for the highest level in almost twenty years. Janet Phillips looks at Australia's migration program patterns since 1945, including shifts in numbers and focus, and touches on some...

It complements a previous brief, Domestic Violence in Australia (92), issued by the Parliamentary Library in August 2003, which includes links to interest groups and an overview of Commonwealth government violence against women initiatives and perpetrator programs.

Janet Phillips looks at some of the issues associated with people trafficking, outline Australia's responses to date, and discuss how effective those measures are likely to be in combating trafficking.