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• Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023, the bill imposes a charge on a person registering to participate in a visa pre-application process. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Responds to the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in

  Pearson v Minister for Home Affairs

  [2022] FCAFC 203 by amending the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide a clear basis for aggregate sentences (that is, one sentence imposed in respect of more than one offence) to be taken into account in a consistent manner for all relevant purposes under the Act and the

  Migration Regulations 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable the minister to implement a visa pre-application process to enable the random selection of eligible persons who would then be permitted to apply for a relevant visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Migration Regulations 1994

  in response to the High Court’s judgement in

  NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor

  (S28/2023) to provide for certain conditions to be placed on bridging visas granted to non-citizens released from immigration detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Giving Documents and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: require all cancellation-related documents to be given in writing and enable the regulations to prescribe methods for giving such documents; ensure that where the minister gives a document to a person and makes an error in doing so, the giving of the document is valid where the person actually receives the document and the document is taken to have complied with the content-related requirements where the minister has substantially complied with those content requirements and the error does not cause substantial prejudice to the person’s rights; and remove the prohibition on non-citizens who are nationals of two or more countries and certain other cohorts from making a valid application for a protection visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish criminal offences and associated civil penalty provisions for a person who unduly influences, pressures or coerces a non-citizen to breach a work-related condition of their visa or accept an exploitative work arrangement to meet a work-related condition of their visa; enable the minister to prohibit certain employers from employing any additional non-citizens and introduce associated offence and civil penalty provisions; require the minister to publish certain information about a prohibited employer; increase and align the maximum criminal and civil penalties for current and proposed work-related and employer-sponsored related breaches; trigger the enforceable undertaking provisions in the

  Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

  ; provide for enforceable compliance notices where an officer suspects a contravention of a work or sponsorship-related offence or related provision; remove the criminal offence of breaching a work-related visa condition and insert an avoidance of doubt clause for remaining work-related offence provisions; and enable the

  Migration Regulations 1994

  to prescribe matters the minister may, must or must not take into account when considering the exercise of the power to cancel visas on certain grounds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Bridging Visas, Serious Offenders and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Act 2023

  , which responded to the High Court’s judgement in

  NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs & Anor

  (S28/2023), the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: provide for additional conditions to be placed on bridging visas granted to non-citizens released from immigration detention; and clarify the authority for the collection and use of information gathered by an electronic monitoring device. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment (Incapacity Payments) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to: enable veterans engaged in an approved rehabilitation program and undertaking full-time study to continue to receive incapacity payments at 100 per cent of their normal weekly earnings for an additional year, to 1 July 2023; and enable back-payments for student veterans who should have been eligible for the higher rate of payment to cover the period from 1 July 2022 until the Act's commencement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ministers of State Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Ministers of State Act 1952

  to require the Official Secretary to the Governor-General to publish a notifiable instrument on the Federal Register of Legislation to advise that the Governor-General has chosen, summoned and sworn an Executive Councillor to the Federal Executive Council, appointed an officer to administer a Department of State of the Commonwealth, directed a Minister of State to hold an office, or has revoked any of these positions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Aged Care 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Act 2016

  to: provide that regulations may prescribe matters that will be the subject of multiple separate charges, which may be incurred by a licence holder during a particular charging period; and enable the regulations to specify an amount of a charge or a method for working out a charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum