Key Briefs From Additional Estimates Hearing – PNG Independent Management Arrangement; Administrative Review Tribunal (art) Set-Asides; Migration Act Bills – Operations, Dated February 2025

Written by Claude Haiku 4.5 from the extracted text on 28 Feb 2026. It can miss or misread redacted and scanned pages. Check the source before relying on it.

This ministerial brief from the Department of Home Affairs outlines Australia's PNG Independent Management Arrangement following the closure of the Regional Resettlement Arrangement on 31 December 2021. The PNG Government assumed full responsibility for approximately 105 individuals remaining in PNG, with Australia providing confidential capacity-building support through a bilateral funding arrangement executed in December 2021 and varied in August 2024. As of 31 December 2024, approximately 40 individuals remain in PNG. The arrangement focuses on permanent settlement in PNG, third-country resettlement, and voluntary returns. A Public Interest Immunity claim (approved 3 February 2025) protects details of the current funding arrangement and its financial value from disclosure. The brief confirms no plans exist to transfer any person to Australia.