Legislation Updates
Migration Legislation Tracker
A single source about the status of pieces of legislation, Bills, commencement dates, disallowances, etc
Parent visas: application arrangements
New arrangements for the making of parent visa applications will commence soon
The new Migration (Arrangements for Parent Visa Applications) Instrument 2026 commences on 22...
Combatting migration exploitation
The amendments to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) will allow for the implementation and maintenance of a public register of ...
Case Law Updates
Appeal: is Australia’s agreement with Nauru valid?
High Court. Is the power in s 198AHB of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) conditioned on a requirement to afford the affected person procedural fairness? Does the question of whether to remove a non-citizen is reasonably practicable encompass "an assessment of what will or might be expected to happen to the non-citizen once received into the country to which the non-citizen is removed"? Do ss 198AHB, 76AAA and 198(2B) contravene Ch III of the Constitution in their application to the appellant?
To what extent, if any, is Teoh still good law?
Federal Court (Full Court). Can it be said that, "absent prior notice here that the weight that the Tribunal might attach to its consideration of the best interests of affected children would be less than the weight that it might attach to its consideration of a different matter or circumstance, procedural fairness would be denied"?
Prior convictions probative of a witness’s credibility?
Federal Court. In the context of Tribunal proceedings, are prior convictions, especially prior convictions for fraudulent or deceitful acts, probative of a witness’s credibility?