‘What happens if the Senate passes this amendment that would allow asylum seekers and refugees to be brought to Australia [for medical reasons]?’
The amendment the interview refers to is to Schedule 1 of the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018. In fact, some amendments were subsequently approved in the Senate on 6 December 2018, probably after this interview. Schedule 1 commences the day after the new Act receives the Royal Assent.
The Bill also includes Schedule 2, not discussed in the interview, but which is extremely important to practitioners. It would authorised the Minister to give documents to persons simply by making them available on ImmiAccount.
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Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio is a Registered Migration Agent (MARN 1461003). He is the owner of Target Migration in Sydney. He can be reached at sergio@targetmigration.com.au