David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that helpful explanation, Minister. So with the passage of this bill, it goes from a situation where the Attorney was required to turn their mind to the limited list of persons whom the information could be shared with to it simply being a matter for ASIO to share the information as it sees fit, limited by the generic provisions of section 20 of the ASIO Act and also the requirement that it be for the proper performance of ASIO's powers. So it goes from a constrained list of persons identified by the Attorney to whomsoever ASIO thinks they should in the 'proper performance of ASIO's powers'. Is that the effect of these amendments?