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• Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Border Integrity) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Oct 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: cessation of special purpose visas; use of automated systems in immigration clearance; and use of ‘personal identifiers’ as evidence of proof of identity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable a visa to be cancelled or refused for certain non-citizens by: broadening the power to refuse to grant or to cancel a visa on character grounds; allowing the minister to require a state or territory agency to disclose personal information relevant to the character test; providing for lower thresholds for cancelling temporary visas; strengthening ministerial decision making powers in relation to general visa cancellation provisions; and introducing a mandatory visa cancellation for certain non-citizens who do not pass the character test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to give full effect to the

  Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014

  in relation to mandatory visa cancellation-related powers and the lawful disclosure of non-citizens’ identifying information where a non-citizen is suspected of being of character concern. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Charging for a Migration Outcome) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: establish a criminal and civil penalty regime to make it unlawful for a person to give or receive a benefit in return for a migration outcome in relation to certain skilled work visa programs; and enable visa cancellation to be considered where the visa holder has engaged in such conduct. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify that the Act does not require or authorise the removal of an unlawful non-citizen who has been found to engage protection obligations through the protection visa process unless the decision finding that the non-citizen engages protection obligations has been set aside, the minister is satisfied that the non-citizen no longer engages protection obligations or the non-citizen requests voluntary removal; and ensure that, in assessing a protection visa application, protection obligations are always assessed, including in circumstances where the applicant is ineligible for a visa due to criminal conduct or risks to security. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  in relation to: detention of unlawful non-citizens, particularly minors; granting of visas to persons in detention, including a removal pending bridging visa; and the role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in reviewing the cases of persons who have been in immigration detention for more than 2 years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Duration of Detention) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to clarify that an unlawful non-citizen must be kept in immigration detention unless a court finally determines that the detention is unlawful or that the detainee is not an unlawful non-citizen. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to introduce new offences for employers, labour suppliers and other persons who allow non-citizens to work in Australia illegally. Also amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to provide certain protections for children involved in proceedings in relation to the new employer sanctions offences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum