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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

16 September 2026

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The Chair opens the PJCIS hearing on the Counter‑Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 and departments outline the bill’s scope, extraordinary powers framework and the current terrorism threat environment justifying renewal of sunsetting powers.

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Opening and bill context

25:17

Chair: opening, procedure and witnesses

25:17

AGD opening statement — scope of the bill

28:05

AFP opening statement — threat environment and need for powers

32:52

Wallace — design, duration and impact of counter‑terrorism powers

36:57

Q — Wallace: managing released offenders and AFP resourcing

36:57

Q — Wallace: why temporary sunsetting, not permanent powers?

38:49

Q — Wallace: policy development timeline and late introduction

42:55

Q — Wallace: humanitarian operations and terrorism financing offences

44:41

Wallace — youth control orders and deradicalisation approach

47:16

Q — Wallace: youth control orders and CVE program capacity

47:16

Q — Wallace: media criticism of deradicalisation outcomes

50:11

Q — Wallace: changing beliefs vs preventing violent action

54:16

Chair — sunset history, AFP experience and youth rationale

56:33

Q — Chair: history of sunsetting powers and AFP support

56:33

Q — Chair: AFP operational experience with control orders

59:01

Q — Chair: rationale for 12‑month youth control orders

01:01:09

Q — Chair: online radicalisation trends among children

01:04:54

Members — use, safeguards, post‑sentence tools and reporting

01:09:31

Q — McDonald: frequency of use of special powers

01:09:31

Q — Wallace: restructuring extended supervision orders

01:14:23

Q — Lawrence: CDOs in force and safeguards for children

01:16:52

Q — Wallace: reporting gaps, VERA‑2R use and state information sharing

01:19:56

Closing, follow‑up commitments and next steps

01:26:16

Chair: closing, follow‑up and deadlines

01:26:16

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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

16 September 2026

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Wed, 16 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

24:39 - 24:55

Speaker 12

Yeah, just let them know we're ready to move. Hello everyone, you ready to kick off? Brendan and Luke, yeah, happy for us to start, yeah. Hello Peter. Good to see you.

We'll just get that door shut.

24:55 - 24:57

Speaker 2

Chair, you have people online today, or is it just in person?

24:57 - 25:07

Speaker 7

So today, it's just you. Yeah, oh, in terms of committee members, no, no, it'll be people in person. It'll just be in person, yeah.

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