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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) is a joint committee of the Parliament of Australia which oversees Australia's primary agencies of the Australian Intelligence Community: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Australian Signals Directorate, the Defence Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation, and the Office of National Assessments.

The Committee, then called the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, was established pursuant to the Intelligence Services Act 2001 and was first appointed in March 2002.

History

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD was first appointed in March 2002 under the Intelligence Services Act 2001 to replace the former Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO (which was established in 1988) and the Joint Select Committee on the Intelligence Services. On 2 December 2005, the Committee changed its name to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS). The PJCIS's purview was expanded by the Government to include DIO, DIGO and ONA following the recommendations of the independent Flood Inquiry in July 2004.

Functions

The PJCIS's main function is administrative and expenditure review and oversight of ASIO, ASIS and DSD. The Committee can also review matters relating to the three agencies referred to them by Parliamentary Resolution, or by a request from the Minister responsible for the agency in question. 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.

Membership

The Committee consists of eleven members: five from the Senate and six from the House of Representatives. Six members are from the Government and five from the Opposition. Serving ministers are not allowed to be members, but members may previously have held ministerial positions. Members of the committee cease to be members when Parliament is dissolved, and new members are appointed after the new Parliament convenes.

The members of the Committee as at 4 October 2016 were:^[1]

Mr Michael Sukkar MP (Chair) (Lib, Member for Deakin, VIC)
The Hon Anthony Byrne, MP (Deputy Chair) (ALP, Member for Holt, VIC)
Senator David Bushby (Lib, TAS)
The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP (ALP, Member for Isaacs, VIC)
Senator David Fawcett (Lib, SA)
Senator Katy Gallagher (ALP, ACT)
Mr Andrew Hastie MP (Lib, Member for Canning, WA)
The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP (ALP, Member for Eden-Monaro, NSW)
Senator Bridget McKenzie (Nats, VIC)
Senator The Hon Penny Wong (ALP, SA)
Mr Jason Wood MP (Lib, Member for La Trobe, VIC)

References

^ Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Committee Membership

External links

Official website

[1] Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Committee Membership

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 The '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security''' (PJCIS) is a [[joint committee]] of the [[Parliament of Australia]] which oversees [[Australia]]'s primary agencies of the [[Australian Intelligence Community]]: [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]], the [[Australian Secret Intelligence Service]], the [[Australian Signals Directorate]], the [[Defence Intelligence Organisation]], the [[Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation]], and the [[Office of National Assessments]].
+The Committee, then called the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, was established pursuant to the [[Intelligence Services Act 2001]] and was first appointed in March 2002.
 ==History==
-The '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD''' was appointed in March 2002 under the [[Intelligence Services Act 2001]] to replace the former '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO''' (which was established in 1988) and the '''Joint Select Committee on the Intelligence Services'''. On 2 December 2005, the Committee changed its name to the '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security''' (PJCIS). The PJCIS's purview was expanded by the Government to include DIO, DIGO and ONA following the recommendations of the independent Flood Inquiry in July 2004.
+The '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD''' was first appointed in March 2002 under the [[Intelligence Services Act 2001]] to replace the former '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO''' (which was established in 1988) and the '''Joint Select Committee on the Intelligence Services'''. On 2 December 2005, the Committee changed its name to the '''Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security''' (PJCIS). The PJCIS's purview was expanded by the Government to include DIO, DIGO and ONA following the recommendations of the independent Flood Inquiry in July 2004.
 ==Functions==