- Review of Administration and Expenditure No. 24 (2024-2025) – Australian Intelligence Agencies
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 27 October 2025
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security is required under paragraph 29(1)(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 to conduct an annual review of administration, expenditure and financial statements of ASIO, ASIS, AGO, DIO, ASD and ONI.
- Review of Division 3 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 27 September 2023
In accordance with paragraph 29(1)(ce) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 the Committee has commenced an inquiry into the operation, effectiveness and implications of Division 3 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 which relates to the Organisation’s compulsory questioning powers.
- Review of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 27 August 2025
Division 3 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (ASIO Act) establishes ASIO’s compulsory questioning powers. The Committee is reviewing the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025. The bill would make comprehensive reforms to the ASIO compulsory questioning powers framework.
- New Review of the Exposure Draft Legislation: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 12 January 2026
The Committee is reviewing an Exposure Draft of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. The proposed legislation aims to further criminalise hateful conduct, expand powers to allow for cancellation or refusal of visas and set up a national firearms buyback scheme.
- Review of the listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Criminal Code
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 05 December 2025
Submissions Close: 23 January 2026
On the 27th of November 2025 the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was listed as a state sponsor of terrorism under the Criminal Code.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) has commenced a review into the listing.
- Review of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 11 May 2023
As required by paragraph 29(1)(cf) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, the Committee is reviewing the operation, effectiveness and implications of the amendments made to the Migration Act 1958 by Schedule 1 of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021.