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• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to require applicants for Australian citizenship by conferral to successfully complete a citizenship test, before making an application, in order to be eligible to become an Australian citizen. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to implement recommendations of the Australian Citizenship Test Review Committee by providing: that certain people may be eligible for citizenship without sitting the citizenship test; that the citizenship test must be completed within a specified period; and that applicants for citizenship by conferral under 18 years of age must be permanent residents at both the time of application and time of decision. Also amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  and

  Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Act 2007

  to provide for a special residence requirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to: replace the current arrangements, whereby a person’s Australian citizenship automatically ceases through certain conduct, with a discretion for the Minister for Home Affairs to determine that a person who is a national or citizen of a country other than Australia ceases to be an Australian citizen if they have: engaged in specified terrorism-related conduct; fought for, or been in the service of, a declared terrorist organisation outside Australia; or engaged in conduct that results in a conviction for a specified terrorism offence; include transitional provisions to deal with cases where the minister is unaware that a person may have lost their citizenship under the current provisions; reduce the sentence term threshold for which a person convicted of a specified terrorism offence may be considered for citizenship cessation from 6 to 3 years; and extend the period in which persons convicted of a specified terrorism offence resulting in at least 3 years imprisonment may be considered for citizenship cessation from 12 December 2015 to 29 May 2003; and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to enable the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to review the operation, effectiveness and implication of the citizenship cessation provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Citizenship Act 2007

  to provide explicit powers for the cessation of Australian citizenship in specified circumstances where a dual citizen engages in terrorism-related conduct. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Citizenship (Transitionals and Consequentials) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Citizenship Bill 2005, the bill: repeals the

  Australian Citizenship Act 1948

  ; makes consequential amendments to 22 Acts; and contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2012, the bill: establishes the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC); charges the ACNC with registering not-for-profit entities (initially charities) and maintaining a register; provides for the powers of the ACNC Commissioner in relation to the regulation of registered entities; and sets out the obligations and responsibilities of registered entities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Consequential and Transitional) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012, the bill: provides for arrangements to transition to the regulatory scheme established by the proposed

  Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012

  ; and amends 35 Acts and one proposed Act to make amendments consequential on the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Centre for Renewable Energy Board (ACRE) and the position of the Chief Executive Officer of ACRE to advise on the development of funding and promotion strategies for renewable energy development, commercialisation and use. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the

  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Act 1982

  to change the corporate governance of the Australian Centre for Agricultural Research to an executive management structure, including revocation of the Centre’s body corporate status and creation of the Commission for International Agricultural Research and the new position of Chief Executive Officer. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory Water Management Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988

  to provide that the abstraction of water on National Land and by Commonwealth agencies throughout the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be managed by the ACT Government;

  Water Act 2007

  to enable the water resources of the Googong Dam Area to be included in a water resource plan area for which the ACT has responsibility; and

  Canberra Water Supply (Googong Dam) Act 1974

  to ensure that the ACT Executive has the appropriate powers to manage the surface waters of the Googong Dam. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum