Number Of Ministerial Intervention (mi) Requests Received Under Sections 351 & 417 Of The Migration Act 1958, From July 2025 To 2 May 2025; And Number Of Interventions By The Minister Under Sections…

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The Department of Home Affairs received 1,353 ministerial intervention (MI) requests under sections 351 and 417 of the Migration Act 1958 between July 2024 and 2 May 2025. Requests comprised tribunal-initiated referrals (from the Administrative Review Tribunal and former Administrative Appeals Tribunal) and correspondence/department-initiated requests. Monthly MI requests ranged from 94 to 197, with peaks in March (181) and April (197). The Minister intervened in 336 cases across the same period, with monthly interventions ranging from 14 to 39, peaking in February (39) and April (34). Data for May 2025 was masked due to confidentiality protocols for figures under five.