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• Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Nov 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: remove unrestricted legal practitioners from the regulatory scheme that governs migration agents; allow eligible restricted legal practitioners to be both registered migration agents and restricted legal practitioners for a period of up to two years; enable the time period in which a person can be considered an applicant for repeat registration as a migration agent to be specified in delegated legislation; remove the 12-month time limit within which a person must apply for registration following completion of a prescribed course; clarify that the powers under Part 3 of the Act are exercisable by the minister; enable the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) to refuse an application to become a registered migration agent where an applicant has failed to provide information or answer questions in relation to their application; require registered migration agents to notify MARA if they have paid the non-commercial application charge for their current period of registration but give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis; and provide that the definitions of 'immigration assistance' and 'makes immigration representations' include assisting a person in relation to a request to the minister to exercise his or her power under the Act to revoke a character-related visa refusal or cancellation decision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  to: clarify eligible related claims for the purposes of aggregation; and clarify that the High Cost Claim Scheme (HCCS) and the Exceptional Claims Scheme (ECS) are only intended to apply in respect of medical practitioners;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to clarify eligibility for the Run off Cover Schemes and permit access for medical practitioners and eligible midwives retiring before the age of 65;

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to: clarify the intent of the medical indemnity law that payments will only be made if the claim relates to the provision of a health service; and make administrative changes to streamline and clarify the operation of the legislation;

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  ,

  Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2004

  and

  Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010

  to restructure and consolidate medical and midwife indemnity legislative instruments; and

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  and

  Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003

  to: require all medical indemnity insurers to provide universal cover to medical practitioners; and create high cost claim and exceptional claims schemes for allied health professionals, and enable private sector employee midwives to access these schemes. Also: repeals the

  Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Act 2005

  and

  Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Act 2002

  to remove redundant payments; and makes consequential amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: remove provisions inserted by the

  Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2019

  (the medical transfer provisions) which created a framework for the transfer of transitory persons (and their family members, and other persons recommended to accompany the transitory person) from regional processing countries to Australia for the purposes of medical or psychiatric assessment or treatment; and provide for the removal from Australia, or return to a regional processing country, of transitory persons who are brought to Australia under the medical transfer provisions, once the temporary purpose for which they were brought to Australia is complete. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable the minister to specify groups of applicants who are required to provide one or more personal identifiers to have a valid visa application; render a visa application invalid if the applicant is required to provide one or more personal identifiers but does not provide them; and enable personal identifiers to be provided either by way of an identification test, or by another way specified by the minister. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Migration Regulations 1994

  to: prevent unauthorised maritime arrivals or transitory persons (referred to as members of the designated regional processing cohort) who were at least 18 years of age and were taken to a regional processing country after 19 July 2013 from making a valid application for an Australian visa; enable the minister to permit a member of the designated regional processing cohort, or a class of persons within the designated regional processing cohort, to make a valid application for a visa if the minister thinks it is in the public interest to do so; and prevent a member of the designated regional processing cohort from being deemed to have been granted a special purpose visa or being deemed to have applied for particular visas under the

  Migration Regulations 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Single Treatment Pathway) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to replace the existing two treatment pathways with a single treatment pathway that enables medical treatment to be accessed and provided through a Department of Veterans’ Affairs Health Card; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Single Treatment Pathway) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to replace the existing two treatment pathways with a single treatment pathway that enables medical treatment to be accessed and provided through a Department of Veterans' Affairs Health Card; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Urgent Medical Treatment) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  PHELPS, Kerryn, MP
  WILKIE, Andrew, MP
  BANDT, Adam, MP
  BANKS, Julia, MP
  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: require the temporary transfer to Australia of transitory persons on Manus Island or Nauru, and their families, if they are assessed by two or more treating doctors as requiring medical treatment; and require the temporary transfer of all children and their families from offshore detention to Australia for the purpose of medical or psychiatric assessment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable the minister to specify groups of applicants who are required to provide one or more personal identifiers to have a valid visa application; render a visa application invalid if the applicant is required to provide one or more personal identifiers but does not provide them; and enable personal identifiers to be provided either by way of an identification test, or by another way specified by the minister. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum