Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Completed inquiries and reports

If you are unsure when a report was tabled, or which committee tabled a report, consult the Register of Senate Committee Reports.

Report Name Date Tabled
Legislation Committee
Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013 20 August 2013
Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013 27 June 2013
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement Integrity, Vulnerable Witness Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2013 26 June 2013
Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Bill 2013 26 June 2013
Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013 24 June 2013
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 [Provisions] 24 June 2013
Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013 and the Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013 19 June 2013
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013 14 June 2013
Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013 13 June 2013
Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012 30 April 2013
Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation) Bill 2012 25 March 2013
Native Title Amendment Bill 2012 18 March 2013
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2012 18 March 2013
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012 13 March 2013
Customs Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2012 13 March 2013
Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012 [Provisions] 25 February 2013
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions] 25 February 2013
Exposure Draft of Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 21 February 2013
Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012 7 December 2012
Law Enforcement Integrity Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions] 20 November 2012
Freedom of Information Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Office) Bill 2012 19 November 2012
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious Drugs, Identity Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012 19 November 2012
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2012 23 October 2012
Military Court of Australia Bill 2012 and Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012 9 October 2012
Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 [Provisions] 25 September 2012
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slavery-like Conditions and People Trafficking) Bill 2012 13 September 2012
Maritime Powers Bill 2012 [Provisions]; Maritime Powers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012 [Provisions] 12 September 2012
Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012 14 August 2012
Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012 [Provisions] and Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity
(Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
2 August 2012
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 25 June 2012
Migration Legislation Amendment (Student Visas) Bill 2012 [Provisions] 19 June 2012
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions] 19 June 2012
Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (National Children's Commissioner) Bill 2012 18 June 2012
Judges and Governors-General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Bill 2012 10 May 2012
Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2012 and the provisions of the Social Security Amendment (Supporting Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas) Bill 2011 10 May 2012
Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 4 April 2012
Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011 4 April 2012
Access to Justice (Federal Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] 29 March 2012
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (R 18+ Computer Games) Bill 2012 [Provisions] 22 March 2012
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Online Games) Bill 2011 9 February 2012
Report to the Senate 25 November 2011: Northern Land Council's evidence to the committee's inquiry into the provisions of the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 25 November 2011
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 21 November 2011
Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011 [Provisions] 21 November 2011
Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011 9 November 2011
Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 21 September 2011
Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011 [Provisions] 19 September 2011
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011 23 August 2011
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [Provisions] 22 August 2011
Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010 18 August 2011
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] 7 July 2011
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 [Provisions] 29 June 2011
Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] 22 June 2011
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011 [Provisions]; Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011 [Provisions]; and Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 [Provisions] 20 June 2011
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] 19 May 2011
Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 12 May 2011
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 10 May 2011
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 4 May 2011
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and other Measures Bill 2011 [Provisions] 21 March 2011
Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] 1 March 2011
Provisions of Schedule 4 of the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010 9 February 2011
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions] 28 January 2011
Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 2 December 2010
Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] 24 November 2010
Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) and Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2010 23 November 2010
Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010 [Provisions] 18 November 2010
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 17 November 2010
Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 16 November 2010
References Committee
Framework and operation of subclass 457 visas, Enterprise Migration Agreements and Regional Migration Agreements 27 June 2013
Value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia 20 June 2013
Impact of federal court fee increases since 2010 on access to justice in Australia 17 June 2013
Detention of Indonesian minors in Australia 4 October 2012
Prospective Marriage visa program 26 June 2012
Report to the Senate 25 November 2011: Unauthorised disclosure of proceedings relating to the committee's inquiry into Australia's arrangement with Malaysia on asylum seekers 25 November 2011
International child abduction to and from Australia 31 October 2011
Australia’s arrangement with Malaysia in relation to asylum seekers 11 October 2011
Review of the National Classification Scheme: achieving the right balance 23 June 2011
A Balancing Act: provisions of the Water Act 2007 10 June 2011
Inquiry into the Australian Law Reform Commission 8 April 2011
Donor conception practices in Australia 10 February 2011
Review of Government Compensation Payments 6 December 2010

Reports on matters not disposed of at the end of the 42nd Parliament