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Australian Citizenship Amendment (Strengthening the Citizenship Loss Provisions) Bill 2018

Type
Government
Portfolio
Home Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
45

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Summary

Amends the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to: remove the requirement that a person be sentenced to 6 or more years of imprisonment for a relevant terrorism offence to be eligible to lose their Australian citizenship; and replace the current requirement that a person is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia at the time the minister makes a determination that the person ceases to be an Australian citizen with the requirement that, if the minister were to determine that the person ceases to be an Australian citizen, the minister is satisfied the person will not become a person who is not a national or citizen of any country.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 28 Nov 2018
Second reading moved 28 Nov 2018
Lapsed at dissolution 11 Apr 2019

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Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Notes

  • Referred to Committee (30/11/2018): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security; Committee report (14/02/2019)
  • Considered by scrutiny committee (05/12/2018): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 1 of 2019
  • Considered by scrutiny committee (12/02/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 1 of 2019

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Text of bill

  • First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
  • Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
  • As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
  • Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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