The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee examined matters referred to it by the Senate relating to government portfolios including Attorney-General, immigration and multicultural affairs.
Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs questioning Senator the Hon Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, and officers from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at a supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. Seated facing camera L-R: Senators Sarah Hanson-Young, Russell Trood, Don Farrell, Gavin Marshall and Trish Crossin [Chair], Peter Hallahan [Secretary], Senators Guy Barnett [Deputy Chair], Chris Ellison and Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Senator Mary Jo Fisher walking towards top row of seats. DPS Auspic.
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells examining documents during the supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. At left: Senator Chris Ellison. DPS Auspic.
Supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. Senator Mary Jo Fisher seated in top row. Bottom row L-R: Senators Don Farrell, Gavin Marshall and Trish Crossin [Chair]. DPS Auspic.
Senator the Hon Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, answering questions alongside officers from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at the supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. L-R: Andrew Metcalfe [Departmental Secretary], Senator Chris Evans [Minister for Immigration and Citizenship], Peter Hughes [Deputy Secretary], Peter Vardos [First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division] and Kruno Kukoc [Principal Adviser, Migration Strategies Branch]. DPS Auspic.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
Read report
Migration Amendment (Visa Integrity) Bill 2006
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Interim report - Provisions of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005 (final report is incorporated in PP 439/06 tabled on 9 October 2006)
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Bill 2005 [Provisions]; Corporations Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations) Bill 2006 [Provisions] and a related bill
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) Bill 2006
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Interim report - Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 November 2006) (see report tabled on 27 November 2006 - PP 439/06)
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 November 2006)
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget Measures) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 22 November 2006)
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 [Provisions] and Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 439/2006
Unfinished business: Indigenous stolen wages (additional information tabled on 12 June 2007 and 12 September 2007) (letter from the Premier of Western Australia tabled on 10 September 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 412/2006
Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill 2006
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Contributions) Bill 2006
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Customs Legislation Amendment (Augmenting Offshore Powers and Other Measures) Bill 2006 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 20 February 2007) (corrigendum tabled on 22 March 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Native Title Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 February 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
AusCheck Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 14 March 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Video [duration 17:45] - AusCheck Bill 2006 hearing, 1 March 2007
Additional estimates 2006-07
Parliamentary paper number 64/2007
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 63/2007
Migration Amendment (Maritime Crew) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 20 April 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2007 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 107/2007
Budget estimates (2007-08)
Parliamentary paper number 129/2007
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Terrorist Material) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30 July 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2007
Migration Amendment (Sponsorship Obligations) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30 July 2007) (additional information tabled on 12 September 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2007
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 31 July 2007) (additional information tabled on 7 August 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2007
International Trade Integrity Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 August 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2007
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 August 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2007
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and four related bills concerning the Northern Territory National Emergency Response (corrigendum tabled on 14 August 2007) (add. info. tabled 15 August and 10 Sept 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 139/2007
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 206/2007
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and Related Measures) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 October 2007) (additional information presented on 30 November 2007)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2007
Additional estimates 2007-08
Parliamentary paper number 230/2008
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2008)
Parliamentary paper number 231/2008
Interim report - Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 1 May 2008) (see report tabled on 13 May 2008 - PP 311/08)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 6 May 2008)
Parliamentary paper number 311/2008
Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008
Parliamentary paper number 311/2008
Audio [duration 4:51] - 'Committee calls for National Indigenous Healing Fund', ABC Radio PM program, 17 June 2008.
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2008
Parliamentary paper number 311/2008
Budget estimates 2008-09
Parliamentary paper number 309/2008
Rights of the Terminally Ill (Euthanasia Laws Repeal) Bill 2008
Parliamentary paper number 311/2008
Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (additional information tabled on 25 September 2008)
Parliamentary paper number 560/2008
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2008)
Parliamentary paper number 556/2008
Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 560/2008
Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2]
Parliamentary paper number 560/2008
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008
Parliamentary paper number 560/2008
Same—Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 560/2008
Interim report - Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 7 November 2008) (see report tabled on 10 November 2008 - PP 560/08)
Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008
Parliamentary paper number 560/2008
Effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality (presented out of session on 12 December 2008)
Parliamentary paper number 1/2009
Interim report - Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No.1) 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 17 February 2009)
Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No.1) 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 February 2009)
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
Interim Report - Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 26 February 2009)
Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 26 February 2009)
Parliamentary paper number 151/2009
Further Interim Report - Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 4 March 2009)
Interim Report - Exposure Draft of the Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 4 March 2009)
Interim Report - Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 4 March 2009)
Federal Court of Australia (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008 [Provisions] - Final Report
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 - Final Report
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
Additional Estimates 2008-09
Parliamentary paper number 147/2009
Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2009)
Parliamentary paper number 46/2009
Exposure draft of the Personal Property Securities Bill 2008
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
Interim report - Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2009) (see report tabled on 12 May 2009)
Interim report - Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2009) (see report tabled on 12 May 2009)
Interim report - Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 7 May 2009)
Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
Law and Justice (Cross Border and Other Amendments) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 152/2009
![Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs questioning Senator the Hon Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, and officers from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at a supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. Seated facing camera L-R: Senators Sarah Hanson-Young, Russell Trood, Don Farrell, Gavin Marshall and Trish Crossin [Chair], Peter Hallahan [Secretary], Senators Guy Barnett [Deputy Chair], Chris Ellison and Concetta Fierravanti-Wells. Senator Mary Jo Fisher walking towards top row of seats. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c095/c095-080797-03-legal-con.jpg)
![Supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. Senator Mary Jo Fisher seated in top row. Bottom row L-R: Senators Don Farrell, Gavin Marshall and Trish Crossin [Chair]. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c095/c095-080797-14-marshall.jpg)
![Senator the Hon Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, answering questions alongside officers from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship at the supplementary budget estimates hearing, 21 October 2008. L-R: Andrew Metcalfe [Departmental Secretary], Senator Chris Evans [Minister for Immigration and Citizenship], Peter Hughes [Deputy Secretary], Peter Vardos [First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division] and Kruno Kukoc [Principal Adviser, Migration Strategies Branch]. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c095/c095-080797-28-evans.jpg)