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• Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Rights and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove the privative clause mechanism restricting access to Federal and High Court judicial review of administrative decisions made under the Migration Act; and

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: immigration detainees; the natural justice hearing rule; the refusal or cancellation of visas on character grounds; and mandatory migration detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Human Rights) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to repeal provisions which prevent the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission and the Postal Industry Ombudsman from giving legal advice or assistance to detainees unless they have initiated a complaint in writing to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission or to the Postal Industry Ombudsman. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Fair Process) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove the privative clause mechanism which restricted access to Federal and High Court judicial review of administrative decisions made under the

  Migration Act 1958

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Removal of Unjust Restrictions) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove restrictions in certain definition provisions used by the Federal Court and the Refugee Review Tribunal in determining refugee status, which have narrowed eligibility for protection visas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Responds to the High Court’s decision in

  Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

  [2011] HCA 32 by amending the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to replace the existing framework for taking offshore entry persons to another country for assessment of their claims to be refugees; and

  Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

  in relation to the making and implementation of any decision to remove, deport or take a non-citizen child from Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Provisions Relating to Character and Conduct) Bill 2006 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Aug 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to ministerial discretion to assess the character or conduct of a non-citizen for the purposes of refusing a visa application or cancelling an existing visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide increased protection to confidential information given to the Minister for the purposes of making decisions to refuse a visa application or to cancel an existing visa on the basis of the character or conduct of a non-citizen, by extending the statutory protection scheme in section 503A of the Act to the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  and contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Procedural Fairness) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: provide clear legislative intention that compliance with codes of procedure (for making decisions about visa applications, certain visa cancellations and revocations of visa cancellations, and for the conduct of reviews by relevant merits review tribunals) fully satisfies the common law requirements of the natural justice hearing rule. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Procedural Fairness) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Sep 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Parents and Other Measures) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum