Government response to the Advisory Report on the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020
[Extract from response letter to President of the Senate]
Dear President
I am writing to convey the Government’s response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s Advisory Report on the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020, which predates the 47th Parliament.
The Government notes each recommendation of the report. However, given the passage of time since the report was tabled, a substantive Government response is no longer appropriate.
I would also like to take this opportunity to outline some developments relevant to the Committee’s report and recommendations. The Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020 lapsed at the dissolution of the 46th Parliament.
The Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Act 2025, which passed the Parliament on 27 November 2025, contained similar measures related to expansion of the oversight remit of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security to additional agencies.
Please accept this letter as the Government’s response to the Committee’s report. A copy of this letter has also been provided to the Hon Milton Dick MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to Senator Raff Ciccone, Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
Yours sincerely
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Michelle Rowland MP