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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement (formerly the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission) is established under the ACC Act.

The Committee has the following functions:

  1. to monitor and to review the performance by the ACC of its functions;
  2. to report to both Houses of the Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, upon any matter appertaining to the ACC or connected with the performance of its functions to which, in the opinion of the Committee, the attention of the Parliament should be directed;
  3. to examine each annual report on the ACC and report to the Parliament on any matter appearing in, or arising out of, any such annual report;
  4. to monitor and to review the performance by the AFP of its functions;
  5. to report to both Houses of the Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, upon any matter appertaining to the AFP or connected with the performance of its functions to which, in the opinion of the Committee, the attention of the Parliament should be directed;
  6. to examine each annual report on the AFP and report to the Parliament on any matter appearing in, or arising out of, any such annual report;
  7. to examine trends and changes in criminal activities, practices and methods and report to both Houses of the Parliament any change which the Committee thinks desirable to the functions, structure, powers and procedures of the ACC or the AFP;
  8. to inquire into any question in connection with its functions which is referred to it by either House of the Parliament, and to report to that House upon that question.

Note 1: For the functions of the ACC, see section 7A of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.

Note 2: For the functions of the AFP, see section 8 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.

Committee members

Members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement include:

  • Mr Chris Hayes MP (Chair)
  • Senator Fiona Nash (Deputy Chair)
  • Senator Mark Furner
  • Senator Stephen Parry
  • Senator Helen Polley
  • Ms Sharon Grierson MP
  • Mr Michael Keenan MP
  • Mr Russell Matheson MP
  • Ms MariaVamvakinou MP
     

Further information

Further information on the Committee, including current and completed inquiries, reports on annual reports and Committee transcripts can be found on the Parliamentary Joint Committee website.