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Article: Fed: Immigration Department head steps down for Indonesia post
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 10, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-10-2005
Fed: Immigration Department head steps down for Indonesia post
Eds: Corrects spelling of Andrew Metcalfe's name. Also, changes keyword from DIMIA
CANBERRA, July 10 AAP - The man who oversaw a host of immigration blunders, including
the wrongful detention and deportation of Australian citizens, has stepped down as head
of the Immigration Department and will take up the new job of Australia's ambassador to
Indonesia.
Bill Farmer's departure as secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural
and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) comes days before the expected release of former federal
police chief Mick Palmer's report into immigration bungles.