Membership of the Committee

Chair
Mr Andrew Hastie MP (until 22/12/2020)
Senator James Paterson (from 04/02/2021)
Deputy Chair
Hon Anthony Byrne MP
Members
Senator the Hon Eric Abetz
Dr Anne Aly MP (from 03/09/2020)
Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP
Senator the Hon David Fawcett
Ms Celia Hammond MP (from 03/02/2021)
Senator the Hon Kristina Keneally
Mr Julian Leeser MP
Senator Jenny McAllister
Senator Amanda Stoker (until 22/12/2020)
Mr Tim Wilson MP

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About this inquiry

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a statutory review into the ‘declared area’ provisions, listed in sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.

The provisions were introduced as part of the Foreign Fighters Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendments in 2014, and make it an offence for a person to enter, or remain in, declares areas if a foreign country, historically on the basis of regional terrorism activity. Under a sunset clause, the provisions are due to expire on 7 September 2021.



Past Public Hearings

22 Sep 2020: Canberra