The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has appointed a public affairs officer, Lancia Jordana to its New South Wales state office.

Ms Jordana has more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist and corporate communications specialist.

She was a radio and television reporter with the ABC and SBS in Sydney, Darwin and the federal press gallery and worked as the national news editor for ABC youth network Triple J.

Ms Jordana worked as a media adviser to three former federal ministers in the portfolios of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Health and Housing and Aged Care. She has also filled senior media and corporate communications roles with the Australia Council for the Arts, National AIDS Education Campaign, the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority and, mostly recently, the NSW Minerals Council.

Ms Jordana has started in Sydney and can be contacted on 02 8862 6261 or lancia.jordana@immi.gov.au regarding New South Wales-specific enquiries relating to the portfolio.

All enquiries of national significance should be directed through the media line of the department’s National Communications Branch 02 6264 2244.

National Communications: 02 8862 6261