- Date
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03 Nov 2005
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978
, Criminal Code Act 1995
and Customs Act 1901
to extend the definition of terrorist organisation; Criminal Code Act 1995
and Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
in relation to financing terrorism offences; Criminal Code Act 1995
to provide for control orders and preventative detention orders; Crimes Act 1914
to: extend stop, question, search and seize powers to all Commonwealth places and prescribed security zones; and provide for a notice to produce regime to ensure compliance with lawful requests for certain information; Crimes Act 1914
, Criminal Code Act 1995
, Migration Act 1958
and Surveillance Devices Act 2004
to update sedition offences; Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
to authorise the use of video surveillance at Australia’s major airports and on aircraft; Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988
, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
and Surveillance Devices Act 2004
in relation to financial transaction reporting; Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
to: strengthen ASIO’s special powers warrant regime; provide ASIO with enhanced access to aircraft and vessel information; strengthen the offence for providing false or misleading information under an ASIO questioning warrant; and clarify that obligations, prohibitions or restrictions imposed by control orders will not be prescribed administrative action; Customs Act 1901
and Customs Administration Act 1985
to broaden Customs powers for security and intelligence purposes; and Migration Act 1958
to clarify the power to deport non-citizens on security grounds.