Bill
Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Integrity) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2018-08-31. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-08-16
- second reading — 2017-08-16
- second reading — 2018-02-27
- second reading — 2018-02-27
- third reading — 2018-02-27
- introduced — 2018-03-19
- second reading — 2018-03-19
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- third reading — 2018-08-23
- passed — 2018-08-23
- royal assent — 2018-08-31
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-08-16.
The bill would tighten rules for employer-sponsored skilled visa programs.
It would let the public see when visa sponsors have been penalised, give the immigration department access to tax file numbers for visa-related work, and fix merit review rules for some skilled visas.
The bill also corrects the Migration Act by replacing wrong references to the Regulatory Powers Act.
- Authorises public disclosure of sponsor sanction details.
- Enables the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to access tax file numbers for prescribed visa purposes.
- Ensures merit review rights for certain skilled visas match government policy.
Employers sponsoring skilled visas and applicants for those visas are affected.
Sources
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