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• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand the grounds upon which a control order can be requested and issued; reduce the information required to be provided to the Attorney-General when seeking consent to request an interim control order; extend the time before the material provided to an issuing court must be provided to the Attorney-General where a request for an urgent interim control order has been made to an issuing court; require the Attorney-General to advise the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security before amending a regulation that lists a terrorist organisation and to allow the committee to review any proposed change during the disallowance period; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to: provide that it is a function of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) to provide assistance to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in support of military operations and to cooperate with the ADF on intelligence matters; and remedy limitations in the arrangements for emergency ministerial authorisations which apply to ASIS, the Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of the declared areas provisions for a further 3 years and the control order regime and the preventative detention orders (PDO) regime for a further 15 months;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to provide that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may review the operation, effectiveness and proportionality of the declared areas provisions prior to their sunset date;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to extend the operation of the stop, search and seizure powers for a further 15 months; and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to extend the reporting date for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s review of continuing detention orders for high risk terrorist offenders to as soon as practicable after 7 December 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: establish criminal offences for the public display of prohibited Nazi and Islamic State symbols and the trading of goods that bear a prohibited Nazi or Islamic State symbol; establish criminal offences for using a carriage service for violent extremist material and possessing or controlling violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a carriage service;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand the offence of advocating terrorism to include instructing on the doing of a terrorist act and praising the doing of a terrorist act in specified circumstances; and increase the maximum penalty for the offence of advocating terrorism from 5 to 7 years imprisonment; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 to remove the sunsetting requirement for instruments which list terrorist organisations and bolster safeguards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to provide for a State or Territory Supreme Court to make an extended supervision order (ESO) as an alternative to a continuing detention order, which may impose conditions on high risk terrorist offenders;

  National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004

  to provide for the availability of court-only evidence in ESO proceedings;

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to extend the application of the existing control order monitoring warrant provisions to the monitoring of ESOs;

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends 22 Acts to respond to the threat posed by Australians engaging in, and returning from, conflicts in foreign states by: providing additional powers for security agencies; strengthening border security measures; cancelling welfare payments for persons involved in terrorism; and implementing recommendations made by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s second and fourth annual reports and the Report of the Council of Australian Governments Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation. Also repeals the

  Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: extend for a further 3 years the declared areas offence that is scheduled to sunset on 7 September 2024; and provide that the provisions under which the Minister for Foreign Affairs can declare an area for the purpose of the declared areas offence also cease to have effect on 7 September 2024; and

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to remove an obsolete provision which provides for the Parliamentary Joint committee on Intelligence and Security to review the declared areas provisions before 7 January 2024. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (AFP Powers and Other Matters) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the sunset dates for certain Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism powers from 7 December 2022 to 7 December 2023. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Aug 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: expand the existing presumption against bail and parole for persons charged or convicted of a terrorism offence to include persons being considered for bail for a further federal offence, persons the subject of a control order and persons who have demonstrated support for, or have links to, terrorist activity; and make it explicit that the best interests of a child must be considered as a primary consideration by the relevant decision maker at the key points in the criminal justice processes of bail, sentencing and parole; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand eligibility for the continuing detention order (CDO) scheme by ensuring that terrorist offenders who are currently serving a period of imprisonment for a terrorism offence and another offence remain eligible for consideration for a CDO at the conclusion of their term of imprisonment; and amend the information disclosure obligations in relation to sensitive national security information in CDO applications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: extend the sunset date for certain police powers in relation to terrorism; impose certain requirements on the minister and the Australian Federal Police Commissioner in relation to prescribed security zones; and require a police officer exercising certain powers to inform a person of their right to make a complaint; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: extend the sunset date for the control order and preventative detention order (PDO) regimes; limit the power to issues control orders to the Federal Court of Australia; align control order conditions with extended supervision conditions; enable the variation of a control order by consent; limit the classes of persons who may be appointed as an issuing authority for PDOs to superior court judges; provide for annual report requirements; and extend the operation of provisions in relation to unauthorised disclosure of information by Commonwealth officers. Also makes consequential amendments to 3 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019, the bill introduces a temporary exclusion orders scheme to delay Australians of counter-terrorism interest from re-entering Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum