Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that

(i) the Attorney General and the Prime Minister have made repeated reference to a regime of parliamentary oversight comprising the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security when commenting on recent scandals pertaining to the surveillance activities of Australia's security and intelligence agencies, and

(ii) the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security has not been re established by the Government; and

(b) calls on the Government to immediately establish the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security.

I seek leave to make a brief statement.