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- Date
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23 Aug 2001
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Citizenship Act 1948
to update aspects of Australian citizenship law and, in particular, enhances provisions relating to citizenship of children and young adults; and strengthens existing integrity measures, including ‘people smuggling’ provisions.
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15 Jun 2017
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Border Protection
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
in relation to: strengthened citizenship requirements, including in relation to permanent residency and English language proficiency; the definition of ‘spouse’ and ‘de facto partner’; citizenship by adoption; automatic acquisition of citizenship; citizenship by conferral; residence requirements for citizenship; good character requirements; bar on approval for citizenship where there are related criminal offences; offence provisions; mandatory and discretionary cancellation of approval of citizenship; ministerial discretion to delay the making of the pledge of allegiance; increase in the maximum period of deferral for making the pledge of allegiance; revocation of citizenship by descent, conferral or under intercountry adoption arrangements; ministerial power to make legislative instruments; use and disclosure of personal information; and consequential amendments; and Migration Act 1958
to enable the use and disclosure of personal citizenship information.
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- Date
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07 Feb 2018
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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HANSON, Sen Pauline
- Summary
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Amends the:
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
in relation to: strengthened citizenship requirements, including in relation to permanent residency and English language proficiency; the definition of ‘spouse’ and ‘de facto partner’; citizenship by adoption; automatic acquisition of citizenship; citizenship by conferral; residence requirements for citizenship; good character requirements; the bar on approval of citizenship where there are related criminal offences; offence provisions; mandatory and discretionary cancellation of approval of citizenship; ministerial discretion to delay the making of the pledge of allegiance; the maximum period of deferral for making the pledge of allegiance; revocation of citizenship by descent, conferral or under intercountry adoption arrangements; ministerial power to make legislative instruments; use and disclosure of personal information; and consequential amendments; and Migration Act 1958
to enable the use and disclosure of personal citizenship information.
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- Date
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18 Aug 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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PLIBERSEK, Tanya, MP
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Citizenship Act 1948
to ensure that the ministerial discretion to waive residence requirements for married couples when applying for Australian citizenship also applies to de facto couples.
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- Date
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24 Jun 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Date
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09 Nov 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
- Summary
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Introduced with the Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Bill 2005, the bill replaces the
Australian Citizenship Act 1948
, logically organising its provisions; strengthens certain citizenship application, residence, approval and ministerial discretion provisions; changes provisions relating to resumption of renounced citizenship, citizenship by descent and revocation of citizenship; and implements a legislative framework for the collection, use and storage of personal identifiers.
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- Date
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23 Oct 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Border Protection
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
to: extend good character requirements; clarify residency requirements and related matters; clarify the circumstances in which a person’s approval as an Australian citizen may or must be cancelled; clarify the circumstances in which the minister may defer a person making the pledge of commitment to become an Australian citizen; clarify the circumstances in which a person’s Australian citizenship may be revoked; enable the minister to specify certain matters in a legislative instrument; enable the use and disclosure of personal information obtained under the Migration Act 1958
or the migration regulations; and make technical amendments; and the Migration Act 1958
to enable the use and disclosure of personal information obtained under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007
or the citizenship regulations.
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- Date
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28 Nov 2018
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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30 May 2013
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
to enable the minister to apply alternative residence requirements to certain applicants for Australian citizenship by conferral.
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- Date
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29 May 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Border Protection
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
to provide access to citizenship for children adopted by Australian citizens through bilateral arrangements made by Australia with specific countries who are not parties to the Hague Convention on Protection and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption.
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