Second Reading Speeches

Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2019

Type
Government
Portfolio
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Australian Passports Act 2005
to enable the minister to make Australian travel document data available for the purposes of, and by the automated means intrinsic to, the identity-matching services to which the Commonwealth, states and territories agreed in the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services, agreed by COAG on 5 October 2017.

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