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Title

  • Bills — Migration Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Report from Federation Chamber
  • Migration Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Agree with bill's main idea

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>
  • <p>The question now is that the bill be now read a second time.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-03-09.40.1) to agree with the bill's main idea. In other words, they voted to read it for a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). They can now discuss it in greater detail.
  • ### What is the bill's main idea?
  • According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/Migration_Amendment_Australia_Engagement_in_the_Pacific_and_Other_Measures_Bill_2023):
  • > *The purpose of the Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023 (the Amendment Bill) is to amend the Migration Act 1958 to provide for a visa pre-application process to be conducted as part of the application validity criteria for a particular visa.*
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