Amanda Stoker (Queensland, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I thank my parliamentary colleagues for their contributions to the debate on the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Amendment Bill 2021. This bill reflects the government's ongoing commitment to ensuring that Australia has a robust national security and counterterrorism framework. It will assist the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, also known as INSLM, in the performance of their role, helping to ensure that Australia's counterterrorism and national security legislation remains necessary, appropriate and proportionate.

The bill implements recommendations made by the former monitor and the 2019 Comprehensive review of the legal framework of the national intelligence community to allow the monitor to report on matters more urgently or more particularly than in their annual report. The additional amendments moved by the government will ensure appropriate reporting and staffing arrangements for the INSLM, ensuring that they are able to effectively execute their important oversight role. I will go into those some more during the committee stage, but at this stage I want to thank my colleagues across the chamber for their support of these important measures.