Second Reading Speeches

Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Previous Citations
  • Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure and Other Measures) Bill 2023
Type
Private
Sponsor(s)
SMITH, Sen Dean
Originating house
Senate
Status
Before Reps
Parliament no
47

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Summary

Amends the

Migration Act 1958
to: require persons entering Australia to respond to specified questions in relation to organ transplants outside Australia; provide for annual reporting requirements in relation to this information; and enable the minister to refuse to grant, or to cancel, a person’s visa if the minister reasonably suspects the person has been involved in conduct constituting an offence involving trafficking in human organs.

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