Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 14 August 2012:

With reference to the 'China in 2012, On the Eve of Great Changes' forum held in Sydney from 28 June to 30 June 2012, and the refusal to grant visas to four prominent expatriate Chinese scholars (Ren, Wan Ding from Paris, France; Wang, Jun Tao from New York, United States of America; Yang, Jian Li from Boston, United States of America; and Li, Song from Tokyo, Japan) in time to attend:

(1) For each individual, why was a visa not granted by the Australian Government?

(2) Are any of the individuals unable to enter Australia; if so, why?

(3) Are any of the individuals currently listed on any record of the Australian Government; if so, which record?