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Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018
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House of Representatives |
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Passed Both Houses |
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Summary
Amends the Migration Act 1958 to: provide that, when an unlawful non-citizen is in the process of being removed to another country and the removal is aborted, or is completed but the person is not permitted entry into the receiving country, and as a direct result the person is returned to Australia, then that person has a lawful basis to return to Australia without a visa; provide that, when such a person does return to Australia without a visa, the person will be taken to have been continuously in the migration zone for the purposes of certain sections of the Act which bar the person from making a valid application for certain visas; and allow the department to use an online account to provide clients with certain legally required communications; Customs Act 1901 to: allow the department to make a recoverable payment to a person who is entitled to it; and make technical amendments; and Passenger Movement Charge Collection Act 1978 to insert a new head of power so that regulations can prescribe the charging and recovery of fees for, and in relation to, the payment of passenger movement charge or an amount equal to the charge.
Progress of bill
For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.
House of Representatives |
Introduced and read a first time |
28/03/18 |
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Second reading moved |
28/03/18 |
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Second reading debate |
20/08/18 |
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Second reading agreed to |
20/08/18 |
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Third reading agreed to |
20/08/18 |
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Senate |
Introduced and read a first time |
20/08/18 |
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Second reading moved |
20/08/18 |
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Second reading debate |
04/12/18 |
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Second reading debate |
06/12/18 |
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Second reading agreed to |
06/12/18 |
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Third reading agreed to |
06/12/18 |
Amendment details: 2 Independent (Senator Storer)/Australian Greens agreed to
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House of Representatives |
Consideration of Senate message |
12/02/19 |
Details: House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments
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Senate |
Consideration of House of Reps message |
13/02/19 |
Details: Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendment no. 2
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Finally passed both Houses |
13/02/19 |
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[Information on document types]
Text of bill
Explanatory memoranda
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet LX140
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet LX141
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC574
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC575
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC576
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC577
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC578
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC579
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- Supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to sheet JC580
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Second reading speeches
Proposed amendments
House of Representatives
Senate
- Australian Conservatives [sheet 8623]
BERNARDI, Sen Cory
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- Independent/Australian Greens [sheet 8619]
STORER, Sen Tim MCKIM, Sen Nick
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- United Australia Party [sheet 8624]
BURSTON, Sen Brian
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Schedules of amendments
- Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate
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- Schedule of the amendments made by the House of Representatives to amendments made by the Senate
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Bills Digest
Notes
- Considered by scrutiny committee (08/05/2018): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 6 of 2018