Bill
Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Bill 2025
passed, as at 2025-12-04. Attorney-General portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Attorney-General
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-07-30
- second reading — 2025-07-30
- second reading — 2025-11-24
- second reading — 2025-11-24
- committee — 2025-11-24
- third reading — 2025-11-24
- introduced — 2025-11-25
- second reading — 2025-11-25
- second reading — 2025-11-27
- third reading — 2025-11-27
- passed — 2025-11-27
- royal assent — 2025-12-04
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-07-30.
The bill would add new rules for consulting and notifying others before making regulations that define 'intelligence function' for the Department of Home Affairs.
It would also make minor technical changes to the Intelligence Services Act to clarify the Committee's role, modernise procedures, and improve how the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Inspector-General jointly oversee Home Affairs.
The Inspector-General would have to tell the Committee if they decide not to investigate a matter the Committee referred to them.
- Adds consultation and notification requirements for regulations defining 'intelligence function' for the Department of Home Affairs.
- Makes minor technical amendments to the Intelligence Services Act to clarify the Committee's functions and modernise procedural provisions.
- Requires the Inspector-General to advise the Committee when they decline to inquire into a referred matter.
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and the Department of Home Affairs.
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