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• Marriage (Relationships Equality) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to amend the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Rights and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove the privative clause mechanism restricting access to Federal and High Court judicial review of administrative decisions made under the Migration Act; and

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: immigration detainees; the natural justice hearing rule; the refusal or cancellation of visas on character grounds; and mandatory migration detention. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Climate Refugees) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to create a new visa category for persons displaced by environmental disasters due to climate change. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Sponsorship Obligations) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: introduce a regime of obligations for employers who are approved sponsors in relation to a person for a visa, including civil penalties for breaches; provide for inspectors to monitor an employer’s compliance with their sponsorship obligations; and amends the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to allow the Tax Office to disclose certain information to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage (Relationships Equality) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to amend the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Access to Judicial Review of Migration Decisions) Bill 2007 [2008]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to access to judicial review of migration decisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Removal of Unjust Restrictions) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove restrictions in certain definition provisions used by the Federal Court and the Refugee Review Tribunal in determining refugee status, which have narrowed eligibility for protection visas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Murray-Darling Basin Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993

  to approve and give effect to the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement Amending Agreement 2006 between the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Fair Process) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove the privative clause mechanism which restricted access to Federal and High Court judicial review of administrative decisions made under the

  Migration Act 1958

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Duration of Detention) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BARTLETT, Andrew 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to repeal provisions which require a detainee to be kept in immigration detention unless a court finally determines that the detention is unlawful or that the detainee is not an unlawful non-citizen. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum