Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I understand it, the Director-General of ASIS may communicate AUSTRAC information to a foreign intelligence agency from the day after this act receives royal assent, so that is in fact a retrospective operation of that particular provision. Is that right? In other words, ASIS has been omitted—and I am sure you have provided a reason for that. I want to confirm that that is what we are now doing in moving the amendment regarding ASIS first.