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• 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 (Temporary Protection Visas Repeal) Bill 2006 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the Migration Regulations 1994 to remove the category of Temporary Protection Visa. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Visa Integrity) Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify the immigration clearance and immigration status of non-citizen children born in Australia; harmonise criminal offence provisions with those in the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ; clarify the power to require and take a security to ensure compliance with visa conditions, before granting a visa; and clarify certain provisions in relation to the operation of bridging visas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Appropriate Access to Detention Centres) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to repeal provisions in relation to security and screening measures for visitors and other persons entering immigration detention centres. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal) Bill 2006, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to the repeal of the excision from the migration zone of certain offshore places. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal) Bill 2006 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to repeal provisions which provide for the excision from the migration zone of certain offshore places and prevent a person who arrives unlawfully at an ‘excised offshore place’ from making a valid visa application unless the minister determines it is in the public interest to do so. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to expand the offshore processing regime currently applying to offshore entry persons and transitory persons to include all persons arriving at mainland Australia unlawfully by sea on or after 13 April 2006. Also provides for: the exemption of certain persons not intended to be caught by the regime, including New Zealand citizens, permanent residents of Norfolk Island and persons brought to Australia purely for

  Customs Act 1901

  purposes; an independent review of the operation of the amendments in the bill, after two years; and offshore processing arrangements to revert to those in place previously, after five years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to introduce new offences for employers, labour suppliers and other persons who allow non-citizens to work in Australia illegally. Also amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to provide certain protections for children involved in proceedings in relation to the new employer sanctions offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration and Ombudsman Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish a time limit of 90 days for the making of protection visa decisions by the Minister and the review of those decisions by the Refugee Review Tribunal; and permit the disclosure of personal identifying information to the public to assist with identifying or locating persons in connection with the administration of the Act;

  Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and proposed

  Postal Industry Ombudsman Act 2005

  to introduce measures for the Commonwealth Ombudsman to support and facilitate the Ombudsman’s role in immigration and detention matters; and

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001

  as a consequence of the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: detention of unlawful non-citizens, particularly minors; granting of visas to persons in detention, including a removal pending bridging visa; and the role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in reviewing the cases of persons who have been in immigration detention for more than 2 years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum