- Date
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21 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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.