Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(1)   The questions at Additional Estimates in February 2012 (AE12/0251, AE12/0252, AE12/0255), is different from the question asked in Budget Estimates in May 2012 (BE/0296). Information for answers to questions raised in Additional Estimates was available only for Indonesia following detailed analysis of entry interviews. The specific data required to answer question no. BE/0296 is not available due to incomplete or fragmented information provided by IMAs.

(2)   No changes to the Department’s database have occurred.

(3)   No changes to the Department’s data collection have occurred.

(4)   No changes have occurred.

(5)   The responses to question nos. AE12/0251, AE12/0252, AE12/0255 were provided from information collated from a database administered by the Immigration Intelligence Branch.