Division Description Changes — Bills — Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020; Third Reading — 10th Dec 2020

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senate vote 2020-12-10#7 Edited by mackay staff on 2021-01-02 12:33:34	Title Bills — Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020; Third Reading Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Description ~~<p class="speaker">Wendy Askew</p>~~ ~~<p>The question now is that the remaining stages of this bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of passing the bill in the Senate. Because the bill has already passed in the House of Representatives, it can now become law. ### What does this bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd009): > The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Act to replace the existing framework for questioning warrants and questioning and detention warrants with a revised questioning warrant framework, make related changes to the Act and other legislation, and amend provisions in the Act relating to the use of surveillance devices. Changes include: *** expanding the purposes of questioning from terrorism offences to politically motivated violence, espionage and foreign interference * lowering the minimum age for the subject of a warrant from 16 to 14 years of age * having the Attorney-General issue warrants directly in place of an issuing authority * allowing for requests for warrants to be made, and warrants to be issued, orally in some circumstances * creating a new framework to allow the use of certain tracking devices by ASIO with internal authorisation from higher level officers (currently the use of such devices requires a warrant)**

~~<p class="speaker">Wendy Askew</p>~~
~~<p>The question now is that the remaining stages of this bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.</p>~~
The majority voted in favour of passing the bill in the Senate. Because the bill has already passed in the House of Representatives, it can now become law.
### What does this bill do?
According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd009):
> *The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Act to replace the existing framework for questioning warrants and questioning and detention warrants with a revised questioning warrant framework, make related changes to the Act and other legislation, and amend provisions in the Act relating to the use of surveillance devices.*
Changes include:
* *expanding the purposes of questioning from terrorism offences to politically motivated violence, espionage and foreign interference*
* *lowering the minimum age for the subject of a warrant from 16 to 14 years of age*
* *having the Attorney-General issue warrants directly in place of an issuing authority*
* *allowing for requests for warrants to be made, and warrants to be issued, orally in some circumstances*
* *creating a new framework to allow the use of certain tracking devices by ASIO with internal authorisation from higher level officers (currently the use of such devices requires a warrant)*