B. List of Witnesses at Public Hearings

Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Committee Room 2R1
Parliament House
Canberra
Law Council of Australia
Ms Pauline Wright, President
Mr Richard Wilson SC, Co-Chair, National Criminal Law Committee
Dr Natasha Molt, Director of Policy, Policy Division
Australian Human Rights Commission
Mr Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner
Mr John Howell, Director, Human Rights Scrutiny
Australian Federal Police
Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney, Investigations
Assistant Commissioner Scott Lee, Counter Terrorism and Special Investigations
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Ms Heather Cook, Deputy Director-General, Intelligence Service Delivery
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Mr Scott Bruckard, Deputy Director (Via Teleconference)
Attorney-General's Department
Mr Andrew Walter, First Assistant Secretary, Integrity and Security
Ms Ayesha Nawaz, Assistant Secretary, Security Law and Policy
Mr Tom Sharp, Director, Counter-Terrorism Legislation Section
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Ms Suzanne McCourt, Assistant Secretary, Sanctions Crime and Sea Law Branch, Legal Division
Mr Paul Foley, Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism
Mr Peter Scott, Director, Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Ms Lindsay Buckingham, Director, Transnational Crime Section, Sanctions, Crime and Sea Law Branch, Legal Division
Department of Home Affairs
Mr Richard Feakes, Deputy Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
Ms Alexandra Fong, Director, Counter-Terrorism Legal Policy

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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