Henry Sherrell joined the Development Policy Centre as a Research Officer in October 2016. His research focuses on migration and labour mobility.

Henry has a background in immigration policy, having worked at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and the Migration Council Australia, as well as an adviser in Federal politics. He holds a Master of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University.

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Personal migration blog
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Henry has been published in the Australian Financial Review, Inside Story, and Crikey amongst other Australian publications.

Publications

Sherrell, H 2017, “Settling better: Reforming refugee employment and settlement services”, Centre for Policy Development, February 2017, link

Sherrell, H 2016, Correspondence, Balancing Act: Australian Between Recession and Renewal, Quarterly Essay, May 2016 link

Sherrell, H and Sun, Y 2015, Migration in Focus: An Analysis of Recent Permanent Migration Data, Occasional Paper #1, Migration Council Australia link

Sherrell, H and Sun, Y 2015, A Policy Agenda for Migration and Development, Occasional Paper #2, Migration Council Australia link

Sherrell, H 2014, The “price of rights” and labour immigration: an Australian case study, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 36(2), June 2014 link

Sherrell, H and Wilshire, C 2013, More than Temporary: Australia’s 457 visa program, Migration Council Australia link

Submissions

Howes, S, Davies, R, Dornan, M, Wood, T and Sherrell H, 2017, Foreign Policy White Paper, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission, link

Boucher, A, Mares P and Sherrell, H 2016, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Discussion Paper: New Temporary Parent Visa, Submission to inquiry.

Howes, S and Sherrell, H 2016, Senate Standing Economics Committee, Inquiry into the Working Holiday Reform Package, Submission to inquiry.

Sherrell, H 2015, Treaties Committee, Inquiry into the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Submission to inquiry

Sherrell, H and Wilshire, C 2015, Productivity Commission, Inquiry into Australia’s Migrant Intake, Submission to inquiry

Sherrell, H and Sun, Y 2015, Australia-China Joint Economic Report, Submission to inquiry

Sherrell, H and Wilshire, C 2015, Senate Education and Employment Committee, Inquiry into the impact of Australia’s temporary work visa programs on the Australian labour market and on the temporary work visa holders, Submission to inquiry