The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) is a statutory independent executive oversight body of the Australian Government responsible for the ongoing review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of Australian counter‑terrorism and national security legislation.
Australian security and intelligence agencies provide the INSLM with information (both classified and unclassified), relevant to the above functions.
2 April 2019 Under s 7 of the INSLM Act, following a suggestion made by the CDPP, Ms Sarah McNaughton SC, the then Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, referred for review the matter of ‘the prosecution and sentencing of children for terrorism offences’.
5 March 2018 On 7 September 2017, the INSLM Dr James Renwick SC completed his reports on Statutory Deadline Reviews which includes legislation for: Division 3A of Part 1AA of the Crimes Act (Stop, Search & Seize powers), Sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code (Declared Areas), and Divisions 104 and 105 of the Criminal Code (Control Orders & Preventative Detention Orders) including the interoperability of the control order regime and the High Risk Terrorist Offenders Act 2016.
Roger Gyles AO QC, completed Part 1 of a report on whether a system of special advocates should be implemented in relation to the control order regime.
Part 2 of the Report considered other additional safeguards recommended in the 2013 Council of Australian Government Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation in relation to the control order regime.