A group of detainees involved in the protest action at the Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) in Darwin yesterday were transferred to Curtin Immigration Detention Centre today. The detainees who were transferred were all adult male Afghans who were involved in yesterday's protest action. Curtin Immigration Detention Centre has capacity to acco […]
A group of 20 people from seven countries officially joined the Australian family at a special ceremony today in Burnie, Tasmania as Australian Citizenship Day 2010 was launched. Australian Citizenship Day was introduced in 2001 as an opportunity for people to take pride in our citizenship and reflect on the meaning and importance of being Australian, a Depa […]
A group of 20 people from seven countries will officially join the Australian family at a special citizenship ceremony in Burnie, Tasmania today to launch Australian Citizenship Day celebrations. They are the first of thousands of people who will become citizens on and around Australian Citizenship Day, which is celebrated each year on September 17. Ms Polde […]