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Title: Refugee Review Tribunal Details »
Link: www.rrt.gov.au/publications/RRTbrochure.pdf
Date: October 2003

Title: Refugee Review Tribunal - applying for review Details »
Note: Information on - what is a refugee, how to apply to the Refugee Review Tribunal, what is a hearing, obtaining copies of decisions, fulltext links to the RRT Handbook and RRT Interpreter's Handbook, links to international agencies working with refugee issues.
Link: www.rrt.gov.au/applyrev.htm
Date: 2005

Title: Refugee Review Tribunal : what is a hearing? Details »
Link: www.rrt.gov.au/hearing.htm
Date: January 2003

Practical guides

  At your public library

Title: Migration booklets from the Dept of Immigration and Citizenship Details »
Note: Includes plain language information about migrating to Australia, visiting Australia, settling in Australia and citizenship. Also includes fact sheets, forms, booklets and online visasand information for students, statistics, research and publications. Provides selected information in community languages.
Link: www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/booklets.htm
Date: 2007
Where: At your public library

Title: Refugees. Chapter 38: The law handbook 10th edition - a Find Legal Answers Tool Kit book Details »
Note: Covers the offshore and the onshore settlement program, temporary and permanent visas, appeals.
Date: 2007
Where: At your public library

Legal texts

  At your closest LIAC library

Title: Protecting human rights in Australia: a community education kit (free) - printed book in LIAC libraries Details »
Note: Available in English, Arabic
A collection of factsheets on a range of human rights issues for Australia - age discrimination, civil and political rights, disability rights, education rights, the environment, health, housing, indigenous rights, racial and religious discrimination, refugees and asylum seekers, sexuality rights, social security rights, women's rights, employment rights.
Date: June 2004
Where: At your closest LIAC library

Title: Retreat from injustice: human rights law in Australia 2nd ed - printed book in LIAC libraries Details »
Author: O'Neill, Nick, Rice, Simon and Douglas, Roger
Date: 2004
Where: At your closest LIAC library

Lawyers' tools

  State Library LIAC

Title: Australian immigration law Details »
Note: Covers recent Ministerial Directions, citizenship and passports, merits and judicial review, refugees, compliance, bridging visas and visas relating to family, business, partner, employment, skills. Also temporary visas and the application process. The service includes Migration Act and Regulations, the PAM (procedures Advice Manual) and the MSIs (Migration Series Instructions). Location number Ref1/N342.94082/6
Where: State Library LIAC

Acts & cases

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