On 12 September 2016, the Senate referred the following matters to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report. The terms of reference were as follows; The serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre, and any like allegations in relation to...

On 15 September 2016 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee (the committee) for inquiry and report by 8 November 2016: the nature and scope of the consultations prior to the making of the Legal Services Amendment (Solicitor-General Opinions) Direction 2016, with particular reference to: (a) the...

On the 16 June 2015 the following matter be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report: the impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts; and the suitability and appropriateness of the establishment of a National Programme for Excellence in the Arts, to be administered...

Examines gun laws and gun related violence in Australia.

This inquiry, coinciding with the inquiry into mandatory data retention, examined the need for comprehensive reform of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 in light of changes in technology as well as privacy concerns.