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.

Lapsed inquiry in the 46th Parliament

Application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia

Report Name Date Tabled
Legislation Committee
Constitution Alteration (Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Press) 2019
30 June 2022
Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
29 March 2022
Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
24 March 2022
Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 [Provisions] 18 March 2022
Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms) Bill 2021
28 February 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 [Provisions]; Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 [Provisions] 4 February 2022
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
28 January 2022
Crimes Amendment (Remissions of Sentences) Bill 2021 5 November 2021 
Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill 2021 6 October 2021
Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 13 August 2021
Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021 [Provisions] 29 July 2021
National Emergency Declaration Act 2020
30 June 2021
Judges’ Pensions Amendment (Pension Not Payable for Misconduct) Bill 2020
20 May 2021
Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
10 March 2021
Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
19 February 2021
Immigration (Education) Amendment (Expanding Access to English Tuition) Bill 2020
27 November 2020
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 & Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
20 November 2020
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Economic Disruption) Bill 2020 [Provisions] 10 November 2020
Native Title Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions]
19 August 2020
Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020
5 August 2020
Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2019 [Provisions] 
25 March 2020
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2019
17 March 2020
Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
13 March 2020
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions]
10 March 2020
Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019 and a related bill
27 February 2020
Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2019
19 February 2020
Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
20 November 2019
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
7 November 2019
Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
18 October 2019
New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
11 October 2019
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
13 September 2019
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
13 September 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
6 September 2019
Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions]
5 September 2019
Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
19 July 2019
References Committee
Missing and murdered First Nations women and children
30 June 2022
Performance and integrity of Australia’s administrative review system 30 June 2022
Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime
30 March 2022
The efficacy, fairness, timeliness and costs of the processing and granting of visa classes which provide for or allow for family and partner reunions  29 March 2022
Nationhood, national identity and democracy
16 February 2021
Inquiry into domestic violence with particular regard to violence against women and their children
19 May 2020
Impact of changes to service delivery models on the administration and running of Government programs
27 February 2020