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Migration Amendment (Mandatory Detention) Bill 2005

Type
Private
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Sponsor
BROWN, Sen Bob; NETTLE, Kerry

Summary

Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: abolish temporary protection visas; ensure that detention of children is a last resort; provide for judicial review of immigration detention; limit the period of time that asylum seekers are detained; and provide for the Federal Court to impose on detainees certain conditions of release.

Progress of bill

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Senate
Introduced and read a first time 16/06/05  
Second reading moved 16/06/05  
Lapsed at end of Parliament 12/02/08  
     

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Explanatory memoranda

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Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Notes