Andrew Hastie (Canning, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, I present the following reports: Review of the 'declared area' provisions: sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code; and Review of police stop, search and seizure powers, the control order regime and the preventative detention order regime: division 3A of part IAA of the Crimes Act 1914; divisions 104 and 105 of the Criminal Code.

Reports made parliamentary papers in accordance with standing order 39(e).

by leave—I am pleased to present two reports today covering the committee's statutory reviews of four pieces of counterterrorism legislation.

The committee is required under the Intelligence Services Act to conduct a review of each of these provisions by 7 March 2018, prior to their sunset on 7 September of this year.

In conducting its reviews, the committee received 24 written submissions from a range of stakeholders, and held combined public and private hearings in December 2017.

The first report I have tabled is the review of the 'declared area' provisions, which were first enacted via the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Act in November 2014, and the second is the review of the police stop search and seizure, the control order regime and the PDO regime.

Given the hour of the day, I won't go any further. Suffice it to say that, before I conclude, I take this opportunity to update the House on the status of the committee's review of ASIO's questioning and detention powers, which the committee is also required to conduct by 7 March 2018. The committee has completed its review and is currently in the process of finalising the report. I expect to be able to present the committee's report to the House in the near future.

I'll table the rest of my statement, given the time. Thank you very much, and I commend these reports to the House.