Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
Scope
The Legislation Committee examines bills referred to it by the Senate, scrutinises proposed government expenditure and oversees the performance of government departments and agencies, including their annual reports. Portfolios allocated to the committee since 2009 include Attorney-General, immigration, citizenship, border protection and home affairs.
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee budget estimates hearing, 24 May 2011. L-R: Senators Louise Pratt, Mark Furner and Trish Crossin [Chair], Owen Griffiths [Acting Secretary], Senators Guy Barnett [Deputy Chair] and Michaelia Cash. DPS Auspic.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
Read report
AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009
Parliamentary paper number 151/2009
Budget estimates 2009-10
Parliamentary paper number 148/2009
Interim report - Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 7 August 2009)
Interim report - Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 August 2009)
Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Personal Property Securities Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and Other Measures) Bill 2009
Parliamentary paper number 427/2009
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2009)
Parliamentary paper number 175/2009
Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 427/2009
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Interim report - Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009. (presented out of session on 16 October 2009)
Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 October 2009)
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Anti-Terrorism Laws Reform Bill 2009
Parliamentary paper number 427/2009
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill (No.2) 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Crimes Amendment (Working with Children - Criminal History) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 427/2009
Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009
Parliamentary paper number 428/2009
Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Native Title Amendment Bill (No.2) 2009 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Additional estimates 2009-10
Parliamentary paper number 78/2010
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 79/2010
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Bill 2010 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Video [duration 5:57] - Senate chamber footage of the presentation of the committee's report in the Senate and the adoption of the bill, as amended in accordance with the committee's recommendation.
Interim Report: National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30 April 2010)
Final Report: National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 4 May 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Interim Report: Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No.2] (presented out of session on 5 May 2010)
Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Bill 2010 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Consideration of Time Critical Bills : Crimes Amendment (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Bill 2010 [Provisions]
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 [No.2]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2010
Budget estimates 2010-11
Parliamentary paper number 164/2010
Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2010 (presented out of session on 30 June 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 396/2010
Access to Justice (Family Court Restructure and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 [Provisions] and the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Military Court of Australia Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 July 2010)
Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 26 July 2010)
Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 396/2010
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 334/2010
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 396/2010
Corporations Amendment (Sons of Gwalia) Bill 2010 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 396/2010
Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 and Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2)
Parliamentary paper number 396/2010
Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 26 November 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 190/2011
Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 2 December 2010)
Parliamentary paper number 189/2011
Interim report: Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 [Provisions] and the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 December 2010)
Final report: Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 28 January 2011)
Parliamentary paper number 190/2011
Provisions of Schedule 4 of the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 190/2011
Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 190/2011
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 189/2011
Additional estimates 2010-11
Parliamentary paper number 71/2011
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2011)
Parliamentary paper number 72/2011
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010, together with the amendments on sheet no. 7031, circulated by the Australian Greens (presented out of session on 4 May 2011)
Parliamentary paper number 189/2011
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011
Parliamentary paper number 190/2011
Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 189/2011
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 May 2011)
Parliamentary paper number 189/2011
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011 and related bills [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 189/2011
Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 190/2011
Budget estimates 2011-12
Parliamentary paper number 180/2011
Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, appearing with Dr Wendy Southern [Deputy Secretary] and Robert Illingworth [Acting First Assistant Secretary, Compliance and Case Resolution Division] of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee budget estimates hearing, 24 May 2011. DPS Auspic.
Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, appearing with John Moorhouse [Deputy Secretary] and Andrew Metcalfe [Secretary] of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, 24 May 2011. DPS Auspic.
Senator Michaelia Cash questioning witnesses, 24 May 2011. L-R: Senators Louise Pratt, Mark Furner and Trish Crossin [Chair], Owen Griffiths [Acting Secretary] (obscured), Senators Guy Barnett [Deputy Chair] and Michaelia Cash. DPS Auspic.
Committee members at a budget estimates hearing, 26 May 2011. Bottom row L-R: Senators Sue Boyce, Louise Pratt, Mark Furner, Trish Crossin, Julie Dennett [Secretary] (obscured), Senators Stephen Parry and George Brandis. Senator Gary Humphries in top row. DPS Auspic.
Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig, Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, and officers from the Australian Federal Police and the Attorney-General's Department attending the 26 May 2011 hearing. Top row L-R: Senators Gary Humphries and Sue Boyce. Seated in bottom row facing camera L-R: Senators Louise Pratt, Mark Furner, Trish Crossin [Chair], Julie Dennett [Secretary], Senators Stephen Parry and George Brandis. DPS Auspic.
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 29 June 2011)
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011
Parliamentary paper number 456/2011
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2011)
Parliamentary paper number 191/2011
Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011
Parliamentary paper number 456/2011
Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 457/2011
Northern Land Council's evidence to the committee's inquiry into the provisions of the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 444/2011
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Online Games) Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 97/2012
Additional estimates 2011-12
Parliamentary paper number 466/2012
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (R 18+ Computer Games) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Access to Justice (Federal Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 29 March 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 4 April 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011 (presented out of session on 4 April 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Assisting Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill 2012 and Social Security Amendment (Supporting Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas) Bill 2011 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Judges and Governors-General Legislation Amendment (Family Law) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Interim report: Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 (presented out of session on 31 May 2012)
Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (National Children's Commissioner) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Migration Legislation Amendment (Student Visas) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions] (correction tabled on 10 September 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 463/2012
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010
Parliamentary paper number 143/2012
Budget estimates 2012-13
Parliamentary paper number 467/2012
Interim report: Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012 [Provisions] and Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 July 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Courts Legislation Amendment (Judicial Complaints) Bill 2012 [Provisions] and Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Bill 2012 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 2 August 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Customs Amendment (Smuggled Tobacco) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 465/2012
Maritime Powers Bill 2012 [Provisions] and Maritime Powers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slavery-like Conditions and People Trafficking) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Bill 2012 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 25 September 2012) (correction tabled on 9 October 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 255/2012
Military Court of Australia Bill 2012 [Provisions] and Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2012 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 23 October 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious Drugs, Identity Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Freedom of Information Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Office) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Law Enforcement Integrity Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 7 December 2012)
Parliamentary paper number 470/2012
Exposure Draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 21 February 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 40/2013
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Organised Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Customs Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 235/2013
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2012 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Native Title Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions] (correction tabled on 19 March 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Additional estimates 2012-13
Parliamentary paper number 480/2013
Restoring Territory Rights (Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation) Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 25 March 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 30 April 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 June 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 14 June 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Privacy Amendment (Privacy Alerts) Bill 2013
Parliamentary paper number 488/2013
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement Integrity, Vulnerable Witness Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2013 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Bill 2013 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Budget estimates 2013-14
Parliamentary paper number 481/2013
Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013
Parliamentary paper number 487/2013
Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013 (presented out of session on 20 August 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 491/2013
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2013)
Parliamentary paper number 479/2013
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 456/2014
Additional estimates 2013-14
Parliamentary paper number 457/2014
Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia's Protection Obligations) Bill 2013 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 456/2014
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 449/2014
Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Bill 2014 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 8 May 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 456/2014
Interim report: Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Repeal Bill 2014 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 May 2014)
Interim report: Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 May 2014)
Interim report: Classificiation (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Bill 2014 (presented out of session on 27 May 2014)
Interim report: Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2013 (presented out of session on 28 May 2014)
Interim report: Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013 (presented out of session on 28 May 2014)
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Unexplained Wealth and Other Measures) Bill 2014 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 June 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 456/2014
Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Repeal Bill 2014 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 June 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 456/2014
Budget estimates 2014-15
Parliamentary paper number 458/2014
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee budget estimates hearing, 28 May 2014.
Committee members questioning Senator the Hon George Brandis, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, and departmental officers, 28 May 2014. Seated in top row L-R: Senators Helen Kroger and Sean Edwards. Seated in bottom row facing camera L-R: Senators Penny Wright and Ian Macdonald [Chair], Sophie Dunstone [Secretary] and Senator Lisa Singh [Deputy Chair].
Budget estimates hearing, 28 May 2014. L-R: Witnesses Sally Basser [Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts], David Fredericks [Deputy Secretary, Civil Justice and Legal Services Group, Attorney-General's Department], Roger Wilkins [Secretary, Attorney-General's Department], Senator George Brandis [Attorney-General, Minister for the Arts], Tony Grybowski [CEO, Australia Council] and Tim Blackwell [Executive Director, Corporate Resources, Australia Council].
Budget estimates hearing, 28 May 2014. L-R: Senators Penny Wright, Ian Macdonald [Chair] and Lisa Singh [Deputy Chair], Sophie Dunstone [Secretary] (seated behind Senator Singh).
Budget estimates hearing, 28 May 2014. L-R: Senators John Faulkner and Kim Carr.
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Repeal Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 21 August 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 464/2014
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Intercountry Adoption) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 462/2014
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Classification Tools and Other Measures) Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 462/2014
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 450/2014
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Psychoactive Substances and Other Measures) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 462/2014
Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Customs Amendment (Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014 [Provisions] and a related bill
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Recognition of Foreign Marriages Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 464/2014
Customs Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 (presented out of session on 17 October 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 462/2014
Interim report: Exposure draft of the Medical Services (Dying with Dignity) Bill 2014 (presented out of session on 22 October 2014)
Medical Services (Dying with Dignity) Exposure Draft Bill 2014 (presented out of session on 10 November 2014)
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Freedom of Information Amendment (New Arrangements) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 463/2014
Australian Citizenship and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 462/2014
Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Bill 2014 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 462/2014
Interim report: Guardian for Unaccompanied Children Bill 2014 (presented out of session on 5 February 2015)
Guardian for Unaccompanied Children Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 516/2015
Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 517/2015
Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 517/2015
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 509/2015
International Aid (Promoting Gender Equality) Bill 2015 (presented out of session on 2 April 2015)
Additional estimates 2014-15 (presented out of session on 24 April 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 511/2015
Australian Border Force Bill 2015 [Provisions] and Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 516/2015
Interim report: Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 29 May 2015)
Audio [duration 2:54] - 'Senate committee recommends website blocking legislation become law', ABC Radio PM program, 11 June 2015.
Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 June 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 517/2015
Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 June 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 517/2015
Interim report: Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 9 June 2015)
Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 11 June 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 516/2015
Consideration of Time Critical Bills: Customs Amendment (Australian Trusted Trader Programme) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers, Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 516/2015
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (Improved Oversight and Resourcing) Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 516/2015
Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 517/2015
Interim report: Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014
Regulator of Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2014
Parliamentary paper number 524/2015
Budget Estimates 2015-16
Parliamentary paper number 512/2015
Video [duration 5:18] - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee hearing, 28 May 2015, on a claim withholding information from the committee on the grounds of public interest immunity by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2013
Parliamentary paper number 524/2015
Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013
Parliamentary paper number 524/2015
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bill 2015 and Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015
Parliamentary paper number 523/2015
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2015)
Parliamentary paper number 510/2015
Migration Amendment (Charging for a Migration Outcome) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 524/2015
Migration and Maritime Powers Amendment Bill (No.1) 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 524/2015
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research) Bill 2015
Parliamentary paper number 524/2015
Courts Administration Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 18 February 2016)
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Family Law Amendment (Financial Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2015
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Migration Legislation Amendment (Cessation of Visa Labels) Bill 2015 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Additional estimates 2015-16
Parliamentary paper number 487/2016
Members of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee at an additional estimates hearing, 9 February 2016. L-R: Senators Sarah Hanson-Young, Nick McKim and Rachel Siewert. DPS Auspic.
Additional estimates hearing, 9 February 2016. L-R: Senators Barry O'Sullivan and Ian Macdonald [Chair], Sophie Dunstone [Secretary], Senators Jacinta Collins [Deputy Chair] and Catryna Bilyk. DPS Auspic.
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2016)
Parliamentary paper number 466/2016
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 [Provisions] and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 March 2016)
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 486/2016
Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 491/2016
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2016)
Parliamentary paper number 467/2016
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016
Parliamentary paper number 491/2016
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Criminology Research) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 491/2016
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2016 [Provisions] (Corrigendum presented out of session on 14 December 2016)
Parliamentary paper number 491/2016
Migration Amendment (Visa Revalidation and Other Measures) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 491/2016
Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016
Parliamentary paper number 1/2017
Migration Legislation Amendment (Code of Procedure Harmonisation) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 9/2017
Interim report: Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 17 March 2017)
Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 47/2017
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2017)
Parliamentary paper number 55/2017
Crimes Legislation Amendment (International Crime Cooperation and Other Measures) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 63/2017
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
Parliamentary paper number 67/2017
Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016
Parliamentary paper number 115/2017
Additional estimates 2016-17 (presented out of session on 4 May 2017)
Parliamentary paper number 106/2017
Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
Parliamentary paper number 139/2017
Criminal Code Amendment (Protecting Minors Online) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 168/2017
Budget estimates 2017-18
Parliamentary paper number 179/2017
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers, Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 224/2017
Migration Amendment (Validation of Decisions) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 269/2017
Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 270/2017
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2017)
Parliamentary paper number 278/2017
Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 304/2017
Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2017 [Provisions] and Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 444/2017
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 445/2017
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 447/2017
Migration and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Integrity) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 335/2017
Criminal Code Amendment (Impersonating a Commonwealth Body) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 450/2017
Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 493/2017
Proceeds of Crime Amendment (Proceeds and Other Matters) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 11/2018
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 63/2018
Bankruptcy Amendment (Enterprise Incentives) Bill 2017 and Bankruptcy Amendment (Debt Agreement Reform) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 71/2018
Video [duration 3:23] - Senators Jane Hume and Ian Macdonald speaking in the Senate chamber on 18 September 2018 on amendments to the Bankruptcy Amendment (Debt Agreement Reform) Bill 2018 addressing concerns of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee.
Family Law Amendment (Parenting Management Hearings) Bill 2017
Parliamentary paper number 78/2018
Additional estimates 2017-18
Parliamentary paper number 86/2018
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017 (presented out of session on 20 April 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 135/2018
Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2017 (presented out of session on 20 April 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 136/2018
Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 June 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 184/2018
Progress report: Judiciary Amendment (Commonwealth Model Litigant Obligations) Bill 2017 (presented out of session on 26 July 2018)
Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 August 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 240/2018
Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 244/2018
Budget estimates 2018-19
Parliamentary paper number 250/2018
Modern Slavery Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 24 August 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 275/2018
Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 September 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 274/2018
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 283/2018
Migration (Validation of Port Appointment) Bill 2018
Parliamentary paper number 288/2018
Criminal Code and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Commonwealth Restrictions on Cannabis) Bill 2018 (presented out of session on 14 September 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 290/2018
Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 [Provisions] and a related bill (presented out of session on 10 October 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 342/2018
Aviation Transport Security Amendment Bill 2018 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 359/2018
Freedom of Information Legislation Amendment (Improving Access and Transparency) Bill 2018 (presented out of session on 30 November 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 578/2018
Judiciary Amendment (Commonwealth Model Litigant Obligations) Bill 2017 (presented out of session on 7 December 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 617/2018
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 17 December 2018)
Parliamentary paper number 620/2018
Progress report: Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discrimination Against Students) Bill 2018 (presented out of session on 8 February 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 167/2019
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018 [Provisions] and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 71/2019
Sex Discrimination Amendment (Removing Discriminiation Against Students) Bill 2018
Parliamentary paper number 72/2019
Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 25 February 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 142/2019
Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Censorship) Bill 2018; Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Insult and Offend) Bill 2018; Freedom of Speech Legislation Amendment (Security) Bill 2018 (presented out of session on 8 March 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 141/2019
Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Commitments for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2018 (presented out of session on 15 March 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 138/2019
Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 22 March 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 139/2019
Additional estimates 2018-19
Parliamentary paper number 152/2019
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 161/2019
National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 [Provisions]; National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2018 [Provisions]; National Integrity Commission Bill 2018 (No. 2) (presented out of session on 5 April 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 140/2019
Budget estimates 2019-20 (presented out of session on 14 May 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 172/2019
Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 July 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2019
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 223/2019
Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 September 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 237/2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 September 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 242/2019
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 September 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 255/2019
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 September 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 256/2019
New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 11 October 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 288/2019
Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 18 October 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 388/2019
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 November 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 482/2019
Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 20 November 2019)
Parliamentary paper number 495/2019
Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2019 (presented out of session on 19 February 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 31/2020
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 51/2020
Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019 [Provisions] and Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 55/2020
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 March 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 71/2020
Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 March 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 70/2020
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2019 (presented out of session on 17 March 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 80/2020
Additional estimates 2019-20 (presented out of session on 24 March 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 85/2020
Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 25 March 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 110/2020
Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 August 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 166/2020
Native Title Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 August 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 177/2020
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 244/2020
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Economic Disruption) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 476/2020
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 [Provisions] and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 20 November 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 504/2020
Immigration (Education) Amendment (Expanding Access to English Tuition) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 November 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 517/2020
Budget estimates 2020-21 (presented out of session on 18 December 2020)
Parliamentary paper number 593/2020
Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 February 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 29/2021
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 33/2021
Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 March 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 60/2021
Additional estimates 2020-21 (presented out of session on 28 April 2021)
Judges' Pensions Amendment (Pension Not Payable for Misconduct) Bill 2020 (presented out of session on 20 May 2021)
National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 (presented out of session on 30 June 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 193/2021
Budget estimates 2021-22 (presented out of session on 13 July 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 204/2021
Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 29 July 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 209/2021
Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 (presented out of session on 13 August 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 234/2021
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 240/2021
Progress report: Crimes Amendment (Remissions of Sentences) Bill 2021 (presented out of session on 6 October 2021)
Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill 2021 (presented out of session on 6 October 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 292/2021
Crimes Amendment (Remissions of Sentences) Bill 2021 (presented out of session on 5 November 2021)
Parliamentary paper number 511/2021
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 28 January 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 3/2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 [Provisions], Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021 [Provisions] and Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 4 February 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 11/2022
Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms) Bill 2021 (presented out of session on 28 February 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 58/2022
Progress report: Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 11 March 2022)
Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 18 March 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 65/2022
Progress report: Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 22 March 2022)
Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 24 March 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 70/2022
Additional estimates 2021-22
Parliamentary paper number 133/2022
Customs Amendment (Controlled Trials) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
Parliamentary paper number 75/2022
Budget estimates 2022-23 (presented out of session on 16 May 2022)
Constitution Alteration (Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Press) 2019 (presented out of session on 30 June 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 189/2022
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2022) (presented out of session on 30 June 2022)
Parliamentary paper number 185/2022
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2022)
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 November 2022)
Parliamentary Privileges Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022 (presented out of session 17 November 2022)
Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2022
Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
Budget Estimates 2022-23
National Emergency (2022 New South Wales Floods) Declaration 2022
Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023
Public Interest Disclosure Amendment (Review) Bill 2022 (presented out of session on 14 March 2023)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2023)
Migration Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific and Other Measures) Bill 2023, and the Migration (Visa Pre-application Process) Charge Bill 2023
Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 18 May 2023)
Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2023
Family Law Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 26 July 2023)
Budget estimates 2023-24
Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 31 August 2023)
Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 24 August 2023)
Annual report (No. 2 of 2023)
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Bill 2023
Statutory Declarations Amendment Bill 2023
Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and the Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023
Attorney-General’s Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 1 February 2024)
Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 9 February 2024)
Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 (additional information tabled 14 May 2024)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2024)
Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 7 May 2024) (additional information tabled 3 July 2024)
Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 24 April 2024)
Additional Estimates 2023-24 (presented out of session on 24 April 2024)
Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 and related bills (presented out of session on 13 May 2024)
Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 31 May 2024
Criminal Code Amendment (Protecting Commonweath Frontline Workers) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 20 June 2024)
Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Pay for Radio Play) Bill 2023
Customs Amendment (Preventing Child Labour) Bill 2023
Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 8 August 2024)
Budget estimates 2024-25 (presented out of session on 5 July 2024)
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2024)
Migration Amendment (Strengthening Sponsorship and Nomination Processes) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 2 September 2024)
Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 (No. 2) (presented out of session on 1 October 2024) (additional information tabled on 28 November 2024)
Administrative Review Tribunal (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 31 October 2024)
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 13 November 2024) (additional information tabled 26 November 2024 and corrigendum presented out of session on 5 December 2024))
Criminal Code Amendment (Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 13 November 2024)
Family Law Amendment Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 31 October 2024)
Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 14 November 2024)
Migration Amendment Bill 2024 (additional information tabled on 4 February 2025)
Oversight Legislation Amendment (Robodebt Royal Commission Response and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 30 January 2025)
Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 12 December 2024)
Commonwealth Workplace Protection Orders Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 14 March 2025)
AusCheck Amendment (Global Entry Program) Bill 2025 (presented out of session on 21 March 2025)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2025) (presented out of session on 24 March 2025) (corrigendum presented out of session on 15 August 2025)
Additional estimates 2024-25 (presented out of session on 24 March 2025)
Budget estimates 2025-26 (presented out of session on 27 May 2025)
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2025) (presented out of session on 21 August 2025)
Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025 (presented out of session on 29 August 2025)
Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025 (presented out of session on 29 August 2025)
Administrative Review Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025 and a related bill (presented out of session on 19 November 2025)
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