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ISSN 1328-8091 BILLS DIGEST NO. 143, 2012-13 17 June 2013 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement Integrity, Vulnerable Witness Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2013 Cat Barker Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Section Monica Biddington Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................................................... 3 Background ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Disclosure

May 10, 2013 Asylum seekers and refugees—how will they be affected by this year’s Budget? It is expected that there will be several items in this year’s Budget directly affecting asylum seekers and refugees, some of which will require significant increases in expenditure. In particular, funding associated with the cost

April 12, 2013 Boat arrivals on the mainland: what difference does it make? Image source: www.immi.gov.au On 9 April 2013, Customs and Border Protection advised the Minister for Home Affairs that a suspected irregular entry vessel (SIEV) had arrived in Geraldton harbour in Western Australia. The boat is thought to

April 8, 2013 ABS public consultation on topics for the 2016 Census Image source: ABS Under the Census and Statistics Act 1905, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is required to conduct a Census of Population and Housing every five years. The next one is scheduled for August 2016 and

MARCH 25, 2013 'Reprioritising' Australia's aid budget Image source: AusAID In 17 December 2012, Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced that the government would report up to $375 million as support for asylum seekers waiting to have their claims heard in Australia. In effect this meant that $375.1 million would be

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1 What was Australia’s detention policy before 1992? .......................................................................... 2 Why was mandatory detention introduced? ....................................................................................... 5 What has happened since 1992? ........................................................................................................ 8 Howard Government ..................................................................................................................... 8 Rudd/Gillard Governments .......................................................................................................... 11 Rudd Government .................................................................................................................. 11 Gillard Government ................................................................................................................ 14

MARCH 13, 2013 Temporary skilled migration and the 457 visa Image source: www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au On 23 February 2013, the Government announced that there would be changes to the temporary skilled (subclass 457) visa program to ensure that employers are ‘not nominating positions where a genuine shortage does not exist’ and that