The Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee will hold a public hearing tomorrow as part of its Review of the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020.

Media release issue date: Wednesday, 5 May 2021

The Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee will hold a public hearing tomorrow as part of its Review of the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020. The Committee will hear from Dr Kieran Hardy, Professor George Williams AO, the Law Council of Australia, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, the Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Home Affairs. Further information on the inquiry can be obtained from the Committee’s website. Public hearing details: Thursday, 6 May 2021 10:00am - 3:00pm Committee Room 2R1, Parliament House, Canberra A program for the hearing can be found here and the hearing will be broadcast live on the Parliament of Australia website. Media enquiries: Chair, Senator James Paterson via Deborah Seccombe 0451 255 891 deborah.seccombe@aph.gov.au For background information:  Please contact the Committee Secretariat 02 6277 2360 pjcis@aph.gov.au For more information about this Committee, you can visit its website. On the site, you can make a submission to an inquiry, read other submissions, and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a review into the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020. The bill review was referred to the Committee by the Hon. Christian Porter MP, Attorney-General.

Media release issue date: Monday, 21 December 2020

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a review into the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020. The bill review was referred to the Committee by the Hon. Christian Porter MP, Attorney-General. The Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020 introduces specialized intelligence oversight for additional agencies with intelligence functions in the national intelligence community. The Bill proposes to: expand the oversight of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) to the intelligence functions of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission; expand the oversight of the PJCIS to the intelligence functions of AUSTRAC; and make amendments to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 to improve clarity, modernise drafting expressions and remove redundant provisions, as well as amendments to address certain limitations in the IGIS’s oversight functions and powers in order to strengthen the integrity of inquiry processes. The Committee requests submissions to the inquiry by Friday 12 February 2021. Prospective submitters are advised that any submission to the Committee’s inquiry must be prepared solely for the inquiry and should not be published prior to being accepted by the Committee. Further information about making a submission to a committee inquiry can be found at the following link. Further information on the inquiry can be obtained from the Committee’s website. Media enquiries: Chair, Mr Andrew Hastie MP (Canning, WA) 08 9534 8044 (Electorate office) 02 6277 4223 (Parliament House) For background information:  Committee Secretariat, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security 02 6277 2360 pjcis@aph.gov.au