On 20 October 2021, the Senate referred an inquiry into the performance and integrity of Australia’s administrative review system to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 31 March 2022. On 29 March 2022 the committee's reporting date was extended to 30 June 2022.

The deadline for submissions to this inquiry is 24 November 2021.

Further detail about the scope of the inquiry is provided in the terms of reference.

It is not the role of the committee to resolve or arbitrate individual complaints or matters.

The committee may decide not to accept or not to publish material that is not relevant to the inquiry's terms of reference or which reflects adversely on others.

Please note that all documents sent to the inquiry become committee documents upon receipt, and are only made public following a decision of the committee.