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  • Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Bill 2005

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    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

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    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]

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    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

  • Migration Amendment (Excision from Migration Zone) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2001

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    Date
    18 Sep 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Excision from Migration Zone) Bill 2001

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    Date
    18 Sep 2001 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016

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    Date
    01 Sep 2016 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to establish a sponsorship framework for the sponsored family visa program to: separate sponsorship assessment from the visa application process for family sponsored visas; require the approval of persons as family sponsors before any relevant visa applications are made; impose statutory obligations on persons who are or were approved as family sponsors and provide for sanctions if those obligations are not satisfied; facilitate the sharing of personal information between parties identified in a sponsorship application; enable the refusal of a sponsorship application and the cancellation or barring of a family sponsor in certain circumstances; enable the regulations to prescribe details for, and in relation to, the operation of the sponsorship framework; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Giving Documents and Other Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    24 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: require all cancellation-related documents to be given in writing and enable the regulations to prescribe methods for giving such documents; ensure that where the minister gives a document to a person and makes an error in doing so, the giving of the document is valid where the person actually receives the document and the document is taken to have complied with the content-related requirements where the minister has substantially complied with those content requirements and the error does not cause substantial prejudice to the person’s rights; and remove the prohibition on non-citizens who are nationals of two or more countries and certain other cohorts from making a valid application for a protection visa. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Maritime Crew) Bill 2007

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    Date
    15 Feb 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to create a new maritime crew visa to replace special purpose and other visas currently granted to foreign crew of non-miliary ships and ships being imported into Australia, foreign supernumerary crew and spouses and dependent children accompanying such crew. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Notification Review) Bill 2008

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    Date
    04 Sep 2008 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to clarify and provide certainty to certain notification procedures to minimise errors and ensure that visa applicants and holders are effectively notified of matters relating to their dealings with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Bill 2013

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    Date
    30 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Implements recommendations of the Migration Maritime Taskforce by amending the
    Migration Act 1958
    to provide that foreign workers who participate in, or support, offshore resources activities are taken to be in the migration zone and are required to hold a visa. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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