- Date
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03 Dec 2014
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WRIGHT, Sen Penny
- Summary
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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.