Members

Chair
Senator Amanda Stoker
LP, QLD
Deputy Chair
Senator the Hon Kim Carr
ALP, VIC
Members
Senator Claire Chandler
LP, TAS
Senator Anthony Chisholm
ALP, QLD
Senator Nick McKim
AG, TAS
Senator David Van
LP, VIC
Substituting member
Senator Alex Antic to replace Senator David Van for certain meetings from 19.08.2019 to 27.08.2019
LP, SA
Secretariat
Sophie Dunstone, Committee Secretary
Antony Paul, Senior Research Officer
Brooke Gay, Administrative Officer
Jo-Anne Holmes, Administrative Officer
Suite S1.61
Telephone: (02) 6277 3560
Parliament House
Fax: (02) 6277 5794
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au

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About this inquiry

The bill would amend the character test in section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 to provide grounds to consider visa cancellation or refusal where a non-citizen has been convicted of a serious crime, and make consequential amendments to the definition of ‘character concern’.



Past Public Hearings

19 Aug 2019: Canberra