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• Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Navigation Act 1912

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to: implement Australia’s obligations under Annex VI (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships; update certain references; and remove the limit in the

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  on the amount of penalty for a breach of a regulation or an order. 

  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 (Duration of Detention) 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 require a detainee to be kept in immigration detention unless a court finally determines that the detention is unlawful or that the detainee is not an unlawful non-citizen. 

  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 (Appropriate Review) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the Migration Regulations 1994 to remove provisions: requiring refugees to apply for asylum status within 45 days of arrival in Australia in order to be permitted to work and be eligible for other government support; and relating to fees for review of a decision by the Refugee Review Tribunal. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Enabling Permanent Protection) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the Migration Regulations 1994 to repeal provisions which prevent people on Temporary Protection Visas (TPV) who have been convicted of certain legal offences from being eligible to receive a permanent Protection Visa when their TPV expires. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Border Integrity) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: cessation of special purpose visas; use of automated systems in immigration clearance; and use of ‘personal identifiers’ as evidence of proof of identity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Complementary Protection Visas) Bill 2006 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to introduce a class of complementary protection visas which will provide protection for those people who do not meet the definition of a refugee under the Refugee Convention but who have compelling humanitarian or safety reasons to not return to their country of origin. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (End of Mandatory Detention) Bill 2006 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to end the mandatory detention of visa applicants and asylum seekers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Return to Procedural Fairness) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to repeal provisions which provide that compliance with certain specified codes of procedure satisfy the common law requirements of the natural justice hearing rule. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum