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  • Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010

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    Date
    29 Sep 2010 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Marriage Act 1961
    to: remove discriminatory references based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and allow marriage regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Detention of Minors) Bill 2010

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    Date
    28 Oct 2010 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to provide that the minister must, within 12 days: determine that a detained minor reside within the community; and appoint a person to act as guardian to the minor. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010

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    Date
    18 Nov 2010 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Migration Act 1958
    to: establish asylum seeker principles; facilitate judicial review of detention decisions; repeal excised offshore places and indefinite detention provisions; and restore asylum seekers rights to fair process and procedural fairness; and
    Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
    to repeal the privative clause decision within the
    Migration Act 1958
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (MRCA Supplement) Bill 2011

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    Date
    10 Feb 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Veterans’ Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    to ensure that: certain wholly dependent partners of deceased defence force members or former members will be eligible to receive the MRCA supplement; and eligible persons do not receive additional equivalent payments under the
    Social Security Act 1991
    or
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011

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    Date
    24 Feb 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    In response to certain recommendations of the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee’s reports
    A Sanctuary under Review: An Examination of Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Determination Processes
    and
    Administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958
    and the Senate Select Committee report
    Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters
    , the bill amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to introduce complementary protection arrangements to allow all claims by visa applicants that may engage Australia’s
    non-refoulement
    obligations to be considered under a single protection visa application process. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Midwife Professional Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

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    Date
    03 Mar 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
    to enable self-employed midwives to access the scheme; and
    Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010
    to correct the formula used to calculate the tax imposed on insurers of eligible midwives. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011

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    Date
    11 May 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: enable the minister to refuse to grant, or to cancel, a visa or temporary safe haven visa when a person has been convicted of a criminal offence while in immigration detention; and increase the penalty for the manufacture, possession, use or distribution of weapons by immigration detainees from three to five years imprisonment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Bill 2011

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    Date
    12 May 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009
    to continue the appointment, remuneration and entitlement arrangements for the Chief Judge Advocate and two Judge Advocates for an additional two years or until the Minister for Defence declares, by legislative instrument, a termination day, whichever is sooner. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011

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    Date
    26 May 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice 
    Summary
    Amends the
    International Criminal Court Act 2002
    ,
    International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995
    and
    Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 1987
    to respond to the High Court decision in
    International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission
    (2009) 240 CLR 319 by providing that courts have the discretion to refuse to register a foreign proceeds of crime order if it would be contrary to the interests of justice to register the order. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Declared Countries) Bill 2011

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    Date
    16 Jun 2011 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Migration Act 1958
    to provide that a ministerial declaration specifying that a country provides certain procedures and protections for offshore entry persons is a legislative instrument; and
    Legislative Instruments Act 2003
    to provide that the ministerial declaration is subject to disallowance by either House of the Parliament. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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