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MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MIGRATION ZONE EXCISION REPEAL) BILL 2006

                      Explanatory Memorandum

                              Senator Bartlett
       Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal)
                                  Bill 2006

       Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Zone Excision Repeal)
                       (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2006

The purpose of these Bills is to repeal the provisions introduced by the Migration
Amendment (Excision from Migration Zone) Act 2001 which removed Australian
territory from the migration zone and effectively provided a mechanism to give the
government and the Department of Immigration absolute power without any
opportunity for legally enforceable oversight by an independent body.
The Migration Amendment (Excision from Migration Zone)(Consequential
Provisions) Act 2001 also effectively created categories of second class and third
class visas and created a class of refugees with reduced rights.