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  • Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    14 Feb 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Responds to the Full Federal Court decision in
    Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v ARJ17
    [2017] FCAFC 125 by amending the:
    Migration Act 1958
    to clarify the allocation of jurisdiction between the Federal Circuit Court and the Federal Court in relation to a migration decision; and
    Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Bill 2017

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    18 Oct 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2017, the bill imposes a nomination training contribution charge (to be known as the Skilling Australians Fund levy) on employers nominating workers under the temporary and permanent employer sponsored migration programs. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2018

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    Date
    18 Oct 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Bill 2017, the bill amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: provide for the collection of the nomination training contribution charge; enable nominations to be accepted from persons who have applied to be an approved sponsor or have entered into negotiations for a work agreement; enable the minister to determine the manner in which labour market testing for a nominated position must be undertaken and the kinds of evidence that must accompany a nomination; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed
    Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2017
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Sep 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: enable the minister to determine, by legislative instrument, prohibited things in relation to immigration detention facilities; allow authorised officers and assistants to search Commonwealth immigration detention facilities without a warrant; strengthen the screening and seizure powers of authorised officers; and allow the use of dogs for screening detainees and persons about to enter a Commonwealth immigration detention facility, and for searching these facilities. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

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    Date
    17 Aug 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the
    Medicare Levy Act 1986
    to increase the Medicare levy from 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent of a person’s taxable income. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Integrity) Bill 2017

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    Date
    16 Aug 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Migration Act 1958
    to: enable the publication of information in relation to sponsor sanctions; clarify the circumstances in which merits review is available for visas that require an approved nomination; and correct certain references to the
    Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
    ; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Migration Act 1958
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to enable the department to collect, record, store and use tax file numbers for prescribed purposes in relation to prescribed visas. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017

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    Date
    21 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2017, the bill amends the
    Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
    to ensure that a migration agent who paid the non-commercial registration application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2018

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    Date
    21 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017, the bill amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: remove legal practitioners from regulation by the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA); provide that the time period in which a person can be considered an applicant for repeat registration as a migration agent is set out in delegated legislation; remove the 12-month time limit within which a person must apply for registration following completion of a prescribed course; remove redundant regulatory provisions; enable the MARA to refuse an application to become a registered migration agent where the applicant does not respond to requests for further information; require migration agents to notify the MARA that they have ceased acting on a non-commercial basis and commenced acting on a commercial basis; and ensure that the definitions of ‘immigration assistance’ and ‘immigration representations’ include assisting a person in relation to a request to the minister to revoke a character-related visa refusal or cancellation decision. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Validation of Decisions) Bill 2017

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    21 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to preserve section 501 character decisions made relying on information provided by gazetted law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which is protected, or purportedly protected, from disclosure under section 503A. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Medicare Guarantee (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    01 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Medicare Guarantee Bill 2017, the bill amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    and
    National Health Act 1953
    to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Medicare Guarantee Fund. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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