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TOTAL RESULTS: 111
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- Date
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21 Jun 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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NETTLE, Kerry
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to create a new visa category for persons displaced by environmental disasters due to climate change.
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- Date
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01 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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NETTLE, Kerry
- Summary
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Amends the
Marriage Act 1961
to amend the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
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- Date
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01 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to allow the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal flexibility in providing procedural fairness to review applicants.
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- Date
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09 Nov 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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09 Nov 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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19 Oct 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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12 Oct 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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13 Sep 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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17 Aug 2006
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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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.
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