Peter Hughes is a Visiting Fellow at Crawford School of Public Policy and the Regulatory Institutions Network at The Australian National University.

He has over 30 years of experience in the development and implementation of Australian and international migration and refugee policies, including associated policies related to compliance, integration, citizenship and multicultural affairs. He has represented Australia extensively in international migration and humanitarian forums. Until early 2011 he was Deputy Secretary of the Policy and Program Management Group of the then Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

Prior to his activities in the migration field, he worked in a number of other Australian Government agencies. In 2011-12 he chaired the Australian Government’s Access and Equity Enquiry Panel. Peter was the inaugural chair of the Australian Government’s Tuition Protection Service Advisory Board in 2012-13.