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31 Oct 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: implement a recommendation of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers to provide that asylum seekers who unlawfully arrive anywhere in Australia are subject to the same regional processing arrangements as asylum seekers who arrive at an excised offshore place; ensure that a person does not cease to be a transitory person if they have been assessed to be a refugee; provide for discretionary immigration detention of Papua New Guinea citizens who are unlawful non-citizens and are in a protected area; and provide for an annual report on the Bali Process and aspects of the Regional Cooperation Framework.
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19 Sep 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
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In response to recommendations of the
Report of the 2010 Review of the Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Act 2007
in relation to the employer sanctions framework, the bill amends the Migration Act 1958
to: amend the criminal offences, and create new non-fault civil penalty provisions, for persons who allow an unlawful non-citizen to work, refer an unlawful person to a third person for work, allow a lawful non-citizen to work in breach of a work-related visa condition or refer a lawful non-citizen to a third person for work in breach of a work-related visa condition; extend liability for contravention to a wider range of persons and entities; enable an infringement notice to be issued as an alternative to commencing civil penalty proceedings; extend the geographical jurisdiction in relation to work-related civil penalty provisions; and introduce investigation powers to allow authorised officers to gather evidence of suspected breaches.
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09 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
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Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012, the bill amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: enable a non-citizen visa holder, or certain other persons on behalf of the visa holder, to request to be given a prescribed form of evidence of a visa and require that person to pay the visa evidence charge; provide that the amount of charge be prescribed in the regulations and must not exceed the charge limit; insert a regulation making power in relation to various matters relating to the charge; require an officer to give a person evidence of a visa within a reasonable time after they have made a request and paid the charge; and allow the minister to direct that a specified document is not to be taken to be a passport or travel document for the purposes of the regulations.
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09 May 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
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Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill: imposes a charge in relation to requests for prescribed evidence of a visa; establishes a charge limit of $250 for a visa evidence request made in the 2012-13 financial year; and provides for indexation of the charge limit in later financial years.
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22 Mar 2012
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
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Amends the
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
and Migration Act 1958
to abolish the automatic cancellation of student visas for unsatisfactory course attendance or academic progress, enabling each case to be considered on its merits.
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21 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Responds to the High Court’s decision in
Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[2011] HCA 32 by amending the: Migration Act 1958
to replace the existing framework for taking offshore entry persons to another country for assessment of their claims to be refugees; and Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946
in relation to the making and implementation of any decision to remove, deport or take a non-citizen child from Australia.
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11 May 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
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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.
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24 Feb 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
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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.
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26 May 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: enable the minister to determine a cap for certain visa grants and to terminate visa applications; and make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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09 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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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 that may engage Australia’s non-refoulement
obligations to be considered under a single protection visa application process.
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