Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes is a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development. He had a long career in the Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Citizenship, retiring as Deputy Secretary in 2011. He was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2005 for outstanding public service in the development of policies and programs to increase citizenship, multicultural harmony and the settlement of refugees.

Peter's recent articles

Devaluing Australian citizenship

Devaluing Australian citizenship

Australian immigration and the federal election

Australian immigration and the federal election

Australia has always found a way to bring in people from conflict zones

Australia has always found a way to bring in people from conflict zones

Labors immigration record and the zombie portfolio

Labors immigration record and the zombie portfolio

Immigration removal legislation: put away the sledgehammer

Immigration removal legislation: put away the sledgehammer

Sledgehammer immigration removal legislation

Sledgehammer immigration removal legislation

Reviving Australian Citizenship: What the government needs to do

Reviving Australian Citizenship: What the government needs to do

Reflections on the new migration strategy

Reflections on the new migration strategy

Use of immigration detention needs to be dramatically curtailed

Use of immigration detention needs to be dramatically curtailed

Offshore refugee processing funding allegations: How did we get here?

Offshore refugee processing funding allegations: How did we get here?

Parkinson immigration review: very good as far as it goes

Parkinson immigration review: very good as far as it goes

Direct access to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders is a good thing

Direct access to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders is a good thing

How to go about achieving better immigration policy and decision-making

How to go about achieving better immigration policy and decision-making

No basis for temporary protection visa scare mongering

No basis for temporary protection visa scare mongering

The Australian immigration system is broken. Who knew? Who cared?

The Australian immigration system is broken. Who knew? Who cared?

Peter Hughes: Albanese is right to give New Zealanders a fairer go

Peter Hughes: Albanese is right to give New Zealanders a fairer go

Fixing Immigration: five things an incoming Labor government could do

Fixing Immigration: five things an incoming Labor government could do

Long-term immigration detention has again become a pointless exercise in cruelty

Long-term immigration detention has again become a pointless exercise in cruelty

The Sri Lankan family just a case of bloody mindedness. A repost from 2019.

Migrants: how can we make THEM more like US?

The Sri Lankan family just a case of bloody mindedness

PETER HUGHES The Coalition Governments immigration shambles Part 2: What an incoming Labor government could do

PETER HUGHES. The Coalition Governments immigration shambles Part 1

PETER HUGHES. Citizenship for "them" and citizenship for "us"

PETER HUGHES. Citizenship changes: poisonous and pointless

PETER HUGHES. Citizenship changes: poisonous and pointless

PETER HUGHES. Citizenship Test Mark II - How much juice can you squeeze out of an orange?

PETER HUGHES. Losing the plot on immigration policy

TRAVERS McLEOD, PETER HUGHES, SRIPRAPHA PETCHARAMESREE, STEVEN WONG, TRI NUKE PUDJIASTUTI. Developing a regional refugee framework.

PETER HUGHES. Who is running the show?

PETER HUGHES. Manus and Nauru time for the government to be creative

TRAVERS McLEOD, PETER HUGHES, SRIPRAPHA PETCHARAMESREE, STEVEN WONG, TRI NUKE PUDJIASTUTI: Rohingya refugees and building a regional framework to manage refugee flows.

Travers McLeod, Peter Hughes, Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Steven Wong, Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti. The Bali Process can do a lot more to respond to forced migration in our region.

Peter Hughes, Arja Keski-Nummi, John Menadue. Part 3: Settlement Policy and Services.

Peter Hughes, Arja Keski-Nummi and John Menadue. Part 2. Refugee Policy

Peter Hughes, Arja Keski-Nummi and John Menadue. Part 1: Immigration Policy and Administration.

Peter Hughes. Designing a more generous Australian response to the Syrian crisis

Peter Hughes. Subsidising foreign investment with visas.

Peter Hughes. The War on Australian Citizenship

Peter Hughes. Citizenship Revocation: a very limited tool in the fight against Jihadists

Peter Hughes, Arja Keski-Nummi, John Menadue. Part 3: Settlement Policy and Services.

Peter Hughes, Arja Keski-Nummi and John Menadue. Part 2. Refugee Policy.

Peter Hughes, Arja Keski-Nummi and John Menadue. Part 1. Immigration Policy and Administration.

Peter Hughes. Reintroduction of Temporary Protection Visas -Time to Negotiate

Peter Hughes. Australian Jihadists: Is Revoking Citizenship the Answer?

Repost: Nation building or border policing? Guest blogger: Peter Hughes

Are current maritime asylum seeker policies working? Guest blogger: Peter Hughes

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