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24 Feb 2011
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House of Representatives
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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 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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10 Feb 2011
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House of Representatives
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Veterans’ Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
to ensure that: certain wholly dependent partners of deceased defence force members or former members will be eligible to receive the MRCA supplement; and eligible persons do not receive additional equivalent payments under the Social Security Act 1991
or Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
.
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17 Mar 2010
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House of Representatives
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Special Minister of State
- Summary
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Amends the
Ministers of State Act 1952
to: increase the limit on the annual sum appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the payment of salaries of ministers; and enable future increases to be made by regulation.
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- Date
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09 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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Senate
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Defence
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Introduced with the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2009, the bill amends the
Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
to: provide an interim response to the High Court decision in Lane v Morrison
by returning to the service tribunal system that existed before the creation of the Australian Military Court. Also makes consequential amendments to the Defence Act 1903
, Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
, Judges’ Pensions Act 1968
and Migration Act 1958
, and contains application and transitional provisions relating to proceedings and office holders.
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- Date
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09 Sep 2009
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Senate
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Portfolio
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Defence
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Introduced with the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009, the bill imposes disciplinary sanctions on persons which correspond to punishments imposed by the Australian Military Court and, to the extent necessary, summary authorities in the period between the Court’s establishment and the High Court’s decision in
Lane v Morrison
. Also provides persons with a right to seek review of their disciplinary liability under the Act.
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24 Jun 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2009, the bill establishes the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme to provide indemnity insurance to eligible privately practising midwives.
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24 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Introduced with the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill 2009, the bill imposes the run-off cover support payment as a levy on insurers’ premium income for providing insurance cover to eligible midwives.
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17 Jun 2009
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House of Representatives
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: remove the liability for immigration detention and related costs for certain persons and liable parties and extinguish all outstanding immigration detention debts; and ensure regulations can no longer prescribe sponsorship undertakings or obligations that include payments to the Commonwealth in relation to the cost of a person’s immigration detention.
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27 May 2009
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House of Representatives
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: ensure all personal identifiers obtained by the department are subject to part 4A of the Act; and provide that personal information must only be disclosed to the extent necessary in order to obtain help from an individual to identify, authenticate the identity of, or locate the subject, in connection with the administration of the Act.
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03 Dec 2008
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Immigration and Citizenship
- Summary
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Amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: clarify that the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal may invite either orally or in writing, review applicants or third parties to give information; reinstate uniform time limits for applying for judicial review of a migration decision in the Federal Magistrates Court, Federal Court and High Court; and limit the appeals against judgments by the Federal Magistrates Court and the Federal Court that make an order or refuse to make an order to extend time to apply for judicial review of migration decisions.
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