Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: Submission on National Security Legislation Monitor Bill
On 27 July 2009, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre and the Public Interest Law Clearing House made a Joint Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration in relation to the National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009. The Bill establishes the National Security Legislation Monitor to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of counter-terrorism and national security legislation and report his or her findings and recommendations annually. In September 2008, the Centre and PILCH independently made submissions to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 (No 2).