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SenateThursday 5 February 2026

Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

Senator DAVID POCOCK (Australian Capital Territory—Independent ACT Whip) (10:01): by leave—at the request of Senator Lambie, I move amendments (1) to (3) on sheet 3630 together: (1) Schedule 1, item 9, page 5 (lines 24 to 25), omit "or another decision prescribed by the regulations". (2) Schedule 1, item 16, page 7 (lines 6 to 15), omit subsection 367C(2), substitute: (2) An application made to the ART for review of a reviewable migration decision is an application to be reviewed on the papers if the decision is a decision to refuse to grant a student visa.

(3) Schedule 1, item 16, page 7 (lines 23 to 27), omit subsection 367C(4), substitute: Regulations (4) Without limiting paragraph (3)(b), regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph may prescribe circumstances relating to applications made before, on or after the commencement of those regulations.

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