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Speeches and transcripts – 2010
This section offers speeches and transcripts published by the minister in 2010.
Note: Speeches and transcripts are ordered by date, not by topic.
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December
- 21 December – Asylum seeker policy, community detention, Nauru, East Timor, Regional Protection Framework, Kingsley's Chicken (Interview with Mark Parton, 2CC Canberra)
- 20 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy, asylum seekers, Nauru, Temporary Protection Visas, Regional Protection Framework (Interview with Luke Grant, MTR1377)
- 19 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy, Inverbrackie, Nauru, regional protection framework, asylum seeker returns (Doorstop interview, Smithfield)
- 18 December – First group of asylum seekers arrive at Inverbrackie; Christmas Island boat tragedy; Oceanic Viking; regional protection framework (Doorstop interview, Smithfield)
- 17 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy, Wikileaks (Interview with Julian Morrow, ABC Radio National)
- 17 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy (Interview with Jim Ball, 2GB)
- 17 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy (Interview with Lyndal Curtis, ABC AM)
- 16 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy (Interview with Carrie Bickmore, Andrew Rochford and David Thornton, The 7PM Project, Channel 10)
- 16 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy, Wikileaks, meetings with UNHCR and Malaysia (Interview with Michael Rowland, ABC News24)
- 16 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy (Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky News PM Agenda)
- 16 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy, asylum seekers, Indonesian people smuggling legislation, Regional Protection Framework, meetings with UNHCR and Malaysia (Interview with Phillip Clarke, ABC 702 Sydney)
- 16 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy (Interview with Steve Price, MTR1377AM)
- 16 December – Christmas Island boat tragedy, Wikileaks, meetings with UNHCR and Malaysia (Interview with Ashleigh Gillon, Sky News AM Agenda)
- 01 December – Expansion of onshore and offshore biometrics collection, regional protection framework, Scott Morrison speech to the Lowy Institute, Geneva visit (Doorstop interview, Sydney)
November
- 24 November – Community meeting regarding Inverbrackie detention facility, detention accommodation, Australia First Party (Doorstop interview, Lobethal Community Hall)
- 24 November – Adelaide Hills public meeting, Northam, Nauru, High Court decision (Interview with Ashleigh Gillon, Sky News Lunchtime Agenda)
- 23 November – Nauru, people smugglers, High Court decision, Mohammed Haneef (Interview with Marius Benson, ABC News Radio)
- 23 November – Nauru, High Court decision, update on Christmas Island protest (Interview with Sabra Lane, ABC AM)
- 19 November – Update on Christmas Island, increasing rejection rate of asylum seeker claims, same sex marriage (Subjects: Update on Christmas Island, increasing rejection rate of asylum seeker claims, same sex marriage.)
- 19 November – Asylum seeker processing times, Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre, pressures on detention accommodation, Afghan asylum seekers (Interview with John Stanley, 2UE Breakfast)
- 18 November – Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation, families and children in community-based accommodation, Broadmeadows Progress Association, Christmas Island, Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (Interview with Steve Price, MTR 1377)
- 18 November – Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, refugee advocates, High Court decision, boat arrivals, Regional Protection Framework, humanitarian program (Interview with Tim Webster, 2UE)
- 16 November – Death at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre, reintegration assistance, Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation, High Court decision, General Skilled Migration Points Test (Interview with Tracee Hutchinson, ABC Radio Australia)
- 12 November – High Court decision (Interview with Jon Faine, ABC 774 Melbourne)
- 12 November – High Court decision, Nauru, Regional Protection Framework (Interview with Marius Benson, ABC Newsradio)
- 12 November – High Court decision, Nauru (Interview with Steve Vizard, MTR1377)
- 12 November – High Court decision (Interview with Samantha Hawley, ABC AM)
- 11 November – High Court decision, Nauru, Regional Protection Framework (Interview with Kerry O'Brien, 7.30 Report, ABC TV)
- 11 November – Address to the Australian Industry Group Luncheon (Address to the Australian Industry Group Luncheon, Sydney)
- 11 November – High Court decision, changes to the General Skilled Migration points test, Regional Protection Framework, Gabe Watson (Doorstop interview, Sydney)
- 05 November – Asylum seekers, banks (Panel with Steve Cannane and Christopher Pyne, ABC Lateline)
October
- 22 October – Detention facility at Inverbrackie (Interview with Samantha Hawley, ABC Radio PM)
- 20 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, Christmas Island (Interview with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan, ABC Adelaide Mornings)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, Northam (Interview with Marius Benson, ABC News Radio)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, Northam, regional protection framework (Interview With Jim Middleton, Australia Network)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, Northam, regional protection framework (Interview with John Stanley and Sandy Aloisi, 2UE Breakfast)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Greens, Opposition, regional protection framework (Interview With Jon Faine, ABC Melbourne Mornings)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, Northam, regional protection framework, Oceanic Viking (Interview with Lyndal Curtis, ABC Radio AM)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, regional protection framework (Interview With Dale Lewis And Ali Carle, Triple M Adelaide)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, regional protection framework (Interview With Leon Byner, 5AA Mornings)
- 19 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Inverbrackie, Northam, regional protection framework (Interview With Steve Price, MTR Breakfast)
- 18 October – Northam and Inverbrackie detention centres, moving children and families into community based accommodation, detention contingency plans, regional protection framework, Regional Processing Centre in East Timor (Interview with David Speers, Sky News PM Agenda)
- 18 October – Announcement on families and children in community-based accommodation, Northam, regional protection framework (Interview With Russell Woolf, ABC Perth Drive)
- 18 October – Border Protection, Occupational Health and Safety Laws, Kristina Keneally, Peter Garrett, Home Insulation Program (Transcript of Prime Minister's Press Conference)
- 13 October – Regional visit, Regional Protection Framework, regional processing centre in East Timor, children in detention (Interview with Alison Carabine, Radio National)
- 13 October – Minister's visit to Indonesia, meeting with Ministers Natalegawa and Akbar, Regional Protection Framework, boat arrivals, East Timor, Bali Process, Woodside (Press conference, Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta)
- 13 October – Regional visit, meetings with Indonesian Government Ministers, Regional Protection Framework, Regional Processing Centre in East Timor, people smuggling, Bali Process (Interview with Tony Jones, ABC Lateline)
- 12 October – Minister's visit to East Timor, Regional Protection Framework (Press Conference, Presidential Palace, Dili, East Timor)
- 11 October – Minister's visit to discuss the regional protection framework (Interview with Phil Kafcaloudes, Radio Australia)
- 10 October – Minister's visit to East Timor, regional protection framework (Doorstop interview, Dili Airport, East Timor)
- 10 October – Regional visit to discuss regional processing centres (Interview with Laurie Oakes, Channel Nine's Today)
- 08 October – Migration 2010 Conference, Migration Institute of Australia (Keynote Address)
- 01 October – Lifting of suspension of Afghan asylum seeker claims, Afghanistan, Independent Merits Review, boat people, Refugee Convention (Interview with Marius Benson, ABC News Radio)
September
- 30 September – Government's decision to lift suspension of processing of Afghan asylum seeker claims, Opposition comments (Doorstop interview, Canberra)
- 29 September – Speaker and Deputy Speaker, regional protection framework, Nauru, detention centres (Interview with Helen Dalley, Sky Late Agenda)
- 24 September – Villawood IDC death and protests, Christmas Island and Curtin IDC visits, mandatory detention, mental health in detention, children in detention, Speaker (Interview with Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National Breakfast)
- 24 September – Death and protests at Villawood IDC, detention centres, Nauru (Interview with Ray Hadley, 2GB Mornings)
- 23 September – Villawood protest, Christmas Island and Curtin IDC visits, East Timor, Malcolm Douglas, Speaker (Doorstop, Broome)
- 22 September – Protest at Villawood IDC, Christmas Island visit and additional immigration detention accommodation (Interview with Tim Webster, 2UE Afternoons)
- 22 September – Protest at Villawood IDC, Christmas Island visit, additional immigration detention accommodation (Interview with Marius Benson, ABC Newsradio)
- 22 September – Christmas Island visit, death and protest at Villawood IDC and Afghan suspension (Interview with Sabra Lane, ABC AM)
- 21 September – Death and protest at Villawood IDC, Speaker (Interview with Marius Benson, ABC Newsradio)
- 21 September – Death and protest at Villawood detention centre, temporary protection visas, management of detention centres (Interview with Steve Price, MTR Today)
- 21 September – Immigration department staffing, processing asylum seekers, climate change, Speaker (Interview with Kieran Gilbert, Sky Agenda)
- 21 September – Death and protest at Villawood IDC (Interview with John Stanley and Sandy Aloisi, Sky 2UE Breakfast)
- 21 September – Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (Interview with Waleed Aly, ABC 774 Melbourne, and Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor (speaking on behalf of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship))
- 20 September – Death and protesting at Villawood IDC, announcement on detention centre accommodation, Nauru, regional protection framework (Interview with David Speers, Sky PM Agenda)
- 17 September – Colin Barnett, additional immigration detention accommodation, regional protection framework (Interview with Howard Sattler, 6PR Drive Perth)
- 17 September – Additional immigration detention accommodation, Colin Barnett, Curtin Detention Centre (Interview with Bryce Green, ABC Perth Mornings)
- 17 September – Press conference, Parramatta: Citizenship Day, additional immigration detention accommodation, multiculturalism (Press conference, Parramatta)
- 14 September – Regional Protection Framework, asylum seekers, detention centres and accommodation (Interview with Kerry O'Brien, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV)