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• Migration (Validation of Port Appointment) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Confirms the validity of the appointment of a proclaimed port in the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands contained in the

  Commonwealth of Australia Gazette

  No. GN 3, 23 January 2002, by: clarifying the geographical coordinates of the area of waters within the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands specified in the appointment; ensuring that there was a properly proclaimed port at Ashmore and Cartier Islands at all relevant times; and ensuring that things done under the

  Migration Act 1958

  which relied directly or indirectly on the terms of the appointment are valid and effective. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Application) Charge Amendment Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2017, the bill amends the

  Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997

  to ensure that a migration agent who paid the non-commercial registration application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Abolishing Detention Debt) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  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 (Act of Compassion) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob
  NETTLE, Kerry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to provide for: independent review of asylum seekers currently in detention, with the aim of releasing all long-term detainees who do not pose a risk to the community or who are not likely to abscond; and the release of all children and their parents currently being held in immigration detention. 

  Bill

• Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  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 (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v ARJ17

  [2017] FCAFC 125 by amending the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to clarify the allocation of jurisdiction between the Federal Circuit Court and the Federal Court in relation to a migration decision; and

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Common Sense for All Visas) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HILL, Julian, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable, until 31 December 2021, visas to be granted, regardless of whether the applicant is in Australia or outside Australia (due to restrictions on international travel in and out of Australia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Common Sense Partner Visa) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HILL, Julian, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to enable, until 31 December 2021, applicants for Subclass 309 (Partner (Provisional)) visas to be granted a visa while the applicant remains in Australia (due to restrictions on international travel in and out of Australia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum