Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

• Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Commitments for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2018
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 15 February 2018
          Reporting Date: 15 March 2019
  
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The bill would amend the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to change the requirements to become an Australian citizen and other key provisions.

• Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018
          Status: Accepting Submissions
          Date Referred: 23 August 2018
          Next Hearing: 14 December 2018
          Reporting Date: 15 April 2019
  
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The bills would bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and make consequential amendments.

• Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Censorship) Bill 2018, Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Insult and Offend) Bill 2018, Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Security) Bill 2018
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 16 August 2018
          Reporting Date: 08 March 2019
  
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The bills are part of a suite of bills that would make various amendments intended to strengthen free speech in Commonwealth law.

• New  Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
          Date Referred: 06 December 2018
          Reporting Date: 25 February 2019
  
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The bill would amend the Migration Act 1958 to enable the Minister to specify groups of visa applicants who are required to provide one or more personal identifiers to make a valid application.

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 15 November 2018
          Reporting Date: 18 January 2019
  
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The bill would amend the Migration Act 1958 to provide grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of a designated offence.

• National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 [Provisions], National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2018 [Provisions], and National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2)
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 29 November 2018
          Reporting Date: 05 April 2019
  
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The intent of the bills is to create a nationally coordinated integrity framework, with an emphasis on prevention, supported by strong powers of investigation to enable criminal charges or other actions in response to cases of corruption.

• New  Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 06 December 2018
          Reporting Date: 11 February 2019
  
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This bill seeks to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to remove the capacity of bodies established for religious purposes that provide education to directly discriminate against students on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee

• The effectiveness of the current temporary skilled visa system in targeting genuine skills shortages
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 18 October 2018
  
  
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An inquiry into the effectiveness of the current temporary skilled visa system in targeting genuine skills shortages.

• The practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 26 June 2018
          Reporting Date: 13 February 2019
  
  
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The practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia.

• Completed inquiries by this committee