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• Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: expand the jurisdictions of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) to include the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC), the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs; provide that the PJCIS may review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation, and all such expiring legislation; enable the PJCIS to request the IGIS to conduct an inquiry into certain operational activities of the agencies within the IGIS’s jurisdiction; clarify the legislation which enables the PJCIS to request a briefing from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor; clarify the IGIS’s complaints jurisdiction; and make technical amendments;

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Office of National Intelligence Act 2018

  to require the IGIS and the Office of National Intelligence to provide annual briefings to the PJCIS;

  Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010

  to require the IGIS to provide annual briefings to the committee;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to amend the review and access of ACIC criminal intelligence assessment records; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to include an exemption from civil and criminal liability for defence officials and others for certain computer-related conduct. Also makes consequential amendments to 15 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Dec 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to: extend the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security's (IGIS) jurisdiction to the intelligence functions of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); streamline the IGIS's reporting procedures; make technical amendments to clarify the operation of the Act, modernise drafting expressions and remove redundant provisions; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020

  ; the

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to extend the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security's jurisdiction to the intelligence functions of AUSTRAC; 17 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  and

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020

  ; and nine Acts to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  to: recognise expressly the role of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) in assisting the Government to provide the Parliament and the public with assurances that the use of special powers and capabilities by Australian intelligence and security agencies are subject to scrutiny; enable the IGIS to undertake own-motion preliminary inquiries; extend the IGIS capacity to undertake own-motion full inquiries; enable the IGIS to delegate powers of the agency subject to ministerial approval; enable the IGIS to release material to any Royal Commission at the discretion of the government; and make technical amendments; and

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  TROETH, Sen Judith
  HUMPHRIES, Sen Gary 

  Summary

  Provides for the appointment of an independent person to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of laws relating to terrorism. 

  Bill

• Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GEORGIOU, Petro, MP 

  Summary

  Provides for the appointment of an independent person to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of laws relating to terrorism. 

  Bill

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Cabinet Secretary 

  Summary

  Appoints an Independent National Security Legislation Monitor to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of counter-terrorism and national security legislation and provides for: the functions and powers of the position; annual reporting requirements; and protection from legal action. Also contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (Improved Oversight and Resourcing) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WRIGHT, Sen Penny 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to: enable the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor to review proposed counter-terrorism and national security legislation; require the monitor to consider whether counter-terrorism and national security legislation is a proportionate response to the national security threat faced; enable Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senate committees and the Human Rights Commission to refer matters to the monitor for inquiry; require for all reports of the monitor to be tabled and the government to respond to any recommendations within six months; ensure that the position of monitor is a full time position; establish the Office of the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor as a statutory agency and a listed entity; and provide for staff; and

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to enable the Human Rights Commission to refer matters to the monitor for inquiry. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Home Affairs and Integrity Agencies Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  ,

  Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986

  and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: give effect to the allocation of certain ministerial powers following the establishment of a new Home Affairs portfolio; and make changes relating to the Attorney-General’s oversight of intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to Australia’s foreign investment framework, the bill amends the:

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to: provide a statutory basis for the requirements that apply to foreign government investors; enable the transfer to the Australian Taxation Office of responsibility for administering certain aspects of regulating foreign investment, including residential real estate; introduce civil and criminal penalties; enable the lowering of screening thresholds for investments in the agricultural sector; provide for fees to be payable for foreign investment applications; amend the long title of the Act; and make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ; and

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Transaction Reports Amendment (Transitional Arrangements) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Transactions Reports Act 1988

  to facilitate the transition to regulation under the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter- Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: authorise certain cash dealers to continue reporting suspicious transactions, international funds transfer instructions and significant cash transactions to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); authorise solicitors, solicitor corporations and partnerships of solicitors to continue to provide AUSTRAC with cash transaction reports; and authorise certain cash dealers to enter transactions into their exemption register until 11 March 2010. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum