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Submission
For Information
PDMS Ref. Number MS24-001612
Date of Clearance: 30 August 2024
To
Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security
Subject
Transfer of Unauthorised Maritime Arrival s. 47F(1)
to Nauru
Timing
Not time Critical
Recommendations
That you:
noted / please discuss
s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47E(d), s. 47F(1)
noted / please discuss
noted / please discuss
Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security
Signature………………………………………………
Date: / / 2024
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s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47E(d), s. 47F(1)
Background
s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47F(1)
s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47E(d), s. 47F(1)
Public reporting
s. 47E(d)
14. Operational activity under OSB is made publicly available through monthly updates published
online in the ABF Newsroom on the last Friday of the month following an operational
resolution. This tempo of public reporting was established under the former Minister for Home
Affairs, the Hon Clare O’Neil MP, and ensures that information is only publicly confirmed once
an operational matter is no longer sensitive to OSB.
s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47E(d), s. 47F(1)
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16. s. 33(a)(iii)
Australian media outlets (the Guardian, ABC
News, SBS News) have been in contact with transferees among the current regional processing
cohort on a number of occasions. s. 37(2)(a)
Consultation – internal/external
17. This submission has been prepared in consultation with the fol owing internal stakeholders:
• Legal Group through Operations Law (Maritime);
• Regional Processing Branch; and
• Humanitarian Program Operations Branch.
Consultation – Secretary / ABF Commissioner
s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47E(d), s. 47F(1)
Risks and Sensitivities
s. 47E(d)
21. The information contained in this submission is classified and should not be publicly released
without the authority of the Department of Home Affairs.
Financial/systems/legal/deregulation/media implications
s. 33(a)(iii), s. 47E(d), s. 47F(1)
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Attachments
23. Nil.
Authorising Officer
Cleared by:
Rear Admiral Brett Sonter RAN
Commander, Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders
Date: 30 August 2024
Mob: s. 22(1)(a)(ii)
Contact Officer
JATF OSB: Mark Whitechurch, Deputy Commander JATF OSB, s. 22(1)(a)(ii)
Regional Processing: Shan Strugnel , Regional Processing Branch, s. 22(1)(a)(ii)
Legal Group: Kerrie Cowan, Assistant Secretary Security, Disputes and Operational Law, s. 22(1)(a)(ii)
Through N/A
CC
Assistant Minister for Immigration
Secretary
ABF Commissioner
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