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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Migration Amendment Bill 2024 [Provisions] Migration Amendment Bill 2024 [Provisions]

Migration Amendment Bill 2024 [Provisions]

REPORT - November 2024

Inquiry home page Committee home page
Full Report (PDF)

List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.62The committee recommends that the Senate pass the Bill.

Contents

Members
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • Conduct of the inquiry and acknowledgement
  • Scope and structure of the report
  • Note on references
  • Purpose of the Bill
  • Key provisions
  • Examination by other parliamentary committees
Chapter 2 - Key issues
  • Cessation of certain bridging visas
  • Civil liability immunity
  • Disclosure etc. of criminal history information
  • Disclosure etc. of information to foreign countries
  • Third country reception arrangements
  • Community protection test
  • Committee view
  • Introduction
  • Labor Government’s policy failures
  • Constitutionality
  • Operational Failings
  • Conclusion
  • Impact of the Bill and Third Country Arrangements
  • Exclusion of Liability for Officials
  • Non-refoulment and international obligations
  • A Bill designed to fail
  • Other concerning elements of the Bill
  • Alternative pathways
Appendix 1 - Submissions and Additional Information
Appendix 2 - Public hearings
Appendix 3 - 21 November 2024 public hearing Hansard transcript
In this section
  • About this inquiry

    An inquiry into the Migration Amendments Bill 2024 [Provisions]. 

  • Chapters
    • Chapter 1 - Introduction
    • Chapter 2 - Key issues
  • Other information
    • Members
    • List of recommendations
    • Additional Comments from Coalition Senators
    • Dissenting Report from the Australian Greens
    • Appendix 1 - Submissions and Additional Information
    • Appendix 2 - Public hearings
    • Appendix 3 - 21 November 2024 public hearing Hansard transcript
Full Report (PDF)
114 Submissions
1 Public hearings
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