The Attorney-General, Hon Michelle Rowland MP, wrote to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (the Committee) on 4 March 2026 to refer the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026 for urgent inquiry and report.

The Bill, if passed, would establish a framework for Royal Commissions, including the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, to receive and handle operationally sensitive and intelligence information.

The proposed amendments would provide an immunity from secrecy provisions where a person voluntarily or is compelled to provide information to a prescribed Royal Commission. For the protections to apply, the disclosure must occur consistent with:

• an arrangement entered into between a Commissioner of a Royal Commission and the heads of relevant Australian Intelligence entities, in relation to intelligence information, or
• an arrangement entered into between a Commissioner of a royal Commission and the Commonwealth in relation to operationally sensitive information.

The Committee tabled it's report into the review on 12 March 2026. Advisory Report on the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026.