B. List of witnesses appearing at the public hearings

Thursday, 3 May 2018

St Andrews Place, East Melbourne
Australian Human Rights Commission
Mr Edward Santow, Human Rights Commissioner
Mr John Howell, Director, Human Rights Scrutiny
Law Council of Australia
Mr Morry Bailes, President
Dr Natasha Molt, Deputy Director of Policy
Ms Olga Ganopolsky, Chair, Privacy Law Committee of the Business Law Section
Mr Peter Leonard, Member, Media and Communications Committee of the Business Law Section.
Department of Home Affairs
Ms Maria Fernandez, Deputy Secretary Intelligence and Capability Group
Mr Andrew Rice, Assistant Secretary, Identity Security Branch
Mr Steve McGlynn, Assistant Secretary, National Security and Law Enforcement Legal Branch
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr Guy O’Brien, Corporate Counsel
Mr Stephen Gee, Assistant Secretary – Passport Policy and Integrity Branch

Friday, 17 August 2018

Parliament House, Canberra
Human Rights Law Centre
Mr Hugh de Kretser, Executive Director
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Mr Fergus Hanson
Department of Home Affairs
Mr Andrew Rice, Assistant Secretary, Identity Security Branch
Mr Stephen Webber, Assistant Secretary, National Security & Law Enforcement Legal Branch
Mr Duncan Anderson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Identity Security Branch

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About this inquiry

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has commenced a review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2019 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2019.

These are re-introduced Bills. The Identity-matching Services Bill 2018 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching services) Bill 2018 lapsed upon this year's election. At this time the Committee's review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2018 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching services) Bill 2018 also lapsed.

Pursuant to Clause 8 of Schedule 1 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 the Committee has accepted evidence to its review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2019 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching services) Bill 2019 all evidence including submissions and transcripts taken for the Committee's review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2018 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching services) Bill 2018 can be found here.