Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

The committee does not review intelligence gathering or operational procedures or priorities, nor does it conduct inquiries into individual complaints about the activities of ASIO, ASIS or DSD.

[3] Members of the committee expressed satisfaction on the bill becoming law, as it would enable security agencies to "surgically strike terrorists, spies, drug traffickers and paedophiles.

"[4] Prompted by the sale of the Port Darwin to interests connected to the Chinese Communist Party, the committee made recommendations for the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (Act)[5]— placing a national security test to any foreign investment into energy or water assets and, notably, ports.

In early 2018, the joint committee heard submissions from the intelligence services that indicated Australia was facing an unprecedented threat from espionage and foreign interference.

The committee made "60 bipartisan recommendations on the government's separate espionage and foreign interference laws, which include greater protections for journalists."