Appendix 1

Submissions, answers to questions on notice and tabled documents

Submissions

1
Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers
2
Department of Home Affairs
3
Australian Human Rights Commission
4
Legal Aid NSW
5
Law Council of Australia
6
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
7
Refugee Council of Australia
8
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
9
Victoria Legal Aid
10
Refugee Advice and Casework Service
11
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
12
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
13
Visa Cancellations Working Group
14
Kaldor Centre
14.1 Supplementary to submission 14
15
Refugee Legal

Answers to Questions on Notice

1
Legal Aid NSW, answers to questions taken on notice, 2 March 2020 at a public hearing in Canberra (received 5 March 2020).
2
NSW Council for Civil Liberties, answers to questions taken on notice, 2 March 2020 at a public hearing in Canberra (received 5 March 2020).
3
VIC Legal Aid, answers to questions taken on notice, 2 March 2020 at a public hearing in Canberra (received 5 March 2020).
4
Australian Human Rights Commission, answers to questions taken on notice, 2 March 2020 at a public hearing in Canberra (received 5 March 2020).
5
Department of Home Affairs, answers to questions taken on notice, 2 March 2020 at a public hearing in Canberra (received 5 March 2020).
6
Department of Home Affairs, answers to written questions taken on notice (received 5 March 2020).
7
Visa Cancellations Working Group, answers to questions taken on notice, 2 March 2020 at a public hearing in Canberra (received 5 March 2020).

Tabled Documents

1
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, tabled by Senator the hon Kim Carr at a public hearing in Canberra on 2 March 2021

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About this inquiry

The bill would amend the Migration Act 1958 to provide a framework to protect confidential information against unauthorised disclosure where that information has been provided by a law enforcement or intelligence agency to an authorised Commonwealth officer for consideration in a character test-based visa decision. The bill would also amend the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 to create a framework for the disclosure of confidential information provided by gazetted law enforcement and intelligence agencies for consideration in character related citizenship decisions. 



Past Public Hearings

02 Mar 2021: Canberra