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Chris Bowen MP

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

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Chris Bowen, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Chris Bowen MP was sworn in as the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship on 14 September 2010.

Citizenship Day, additional immigration detention accommodation, multiculturalism

17 September 2010
Press conference at Parramatta on the subject of Citizenship Day, additional immigration detention accommodation, multiculturalism.
[Transcript]

Additional immigration detention accommodation

17 September 2010
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen MP, today announced that additional immigration detainee accommodation will be prepared for families and unaccompanied minors in Melbourne, and for single adult men in northern Queensland and in Western Australia.
[Media release]

Government committed to multicultural Australia

16 September 2010
The new Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Bowen, and Parliamentary Secretary, Senator Kate Lundy, today affirmed the Australian Government's commitment to a multicultural Australia.
[Joint Media release]

Immigration department staffing, processing asylum seekers, climate change, Speaker

16 September 2010
Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky Agenda, on the subject of immigration department staffing, processing asylum seekers, climate change, the Speaker.
[Transcript]