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  • Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    CASH, Sen Michaelia 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to create two visa subclasses: temporary protection (offshore entry) visas and temporary protection (secondary movement offshore entry) visas, for persons who have arrived in Australia illegally or at an excised offshore place and are found to have engaged Australia’s protection obligations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    08 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to remove the mandatory minimum sentence provision from three people smuggling offences. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Special Protection Scheme for Afghan Coalition Employees) Bill 2012

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    20 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: create a class of special protection visas for non-citizens who are refugees under Article 1A of the Refugees Convention and who are subject to persecution in their home country because they worked assisting either the International Security Assistance Force, the Australian Embassy or a subcontractor for a Commonwealth defence agency in Afghanistan for at least 12 months; and extend eligibility to family members of a holder of a special protection visa. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Sponsorship Obligations) Bill 2007

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    21 Jun 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: introduce a regime of obligations for employers who are approved sponsors in relation to a person for a visa, including civil penalties for breaches; provide for inspectors to monitor an employer’s compliance with their sponsorship obligations; and amends the
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to allow the Tax Office to disclose certain information to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    29 Nov 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: enable the minister to specify groups of applicants who are required to provide one or more personal identifiers to have a valid visa application; render a visa application invalid if the applicant is required to provide one or more personal identifiers but does not provide them; and enable personal identifiers to be provided either by way of an identification test, or by another way specified by the minister. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: enable the minister to specify groups of applicants who are required to provide one or more personal identifiers to have a valid visa application; render a visa application invalid if the applicant is required to provide one or more personal identifiers but does not provide them; and enable personal identifiers to be provided either by way of an identification test, or by another way specified by the minister. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018

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    Date
    25 Oct 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2021

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    24 Nov 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; provide that, for an offence involving violence against a person, a person's conviction for an offence of common assault, or equivalent, will not be taken to be a conviction for a designated offence unless the act constituting the offence causes or substantially contributes to bodily harm to another person, or harm to another person's mental health, or involves family violence; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2023

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    TEHAN, Dan, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: amend the character test by providing grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of offences involving violence against a person, weapons, breaching of an apprehended violence order (or similar) or non-consensual sexual acts; provide that, for an offence involving violence against a person, a person's conviction for an offence of common assault, or equivalent, will not be taken to be a conviction for a designated offence unless the act constituting the offence causes or substantially contributes to bodily harm to another person, or harm to another person's mental health, or involves family violence; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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