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Parliamentary Joint Committee On Intelligence And Security
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) is a Joint committee (legislative), joint committee of the Parliament of Australia which oversees Australia's primary agencies of the Australian Intelligence Community: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), the Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO), the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (DIGO), and the Office of National Assessments (ONA). The committee, then called the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, was established pursuant to the ''Intelligence Services Act 2001'' and was first appointed in March 2002. History The Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD (PJCAAD) was established pursuant to the ''Intelligence Services Act 2001'' and replaced the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO (which was established in 1988) and the Joint Select Committee on the Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Committee (legislative)
A joint committee is a committee made up of members of the two chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization. Germany A joint committee ('' Gemeinsamer Ausschuss'') comprises both members of Bundestag (two thirds) and representatives of the '' Länder'' (one third). It exists to ensure a working legislature during a state of defense. A mediation committee (''Vermittlungsausschuss''), consisting in equal numbers of members of Bundestag and representatives of the states, facilitates compromises between Bundestag and Bundesrat in legislation - especially if the consent of Bundesrat is constitutionally required. India In India, a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) is one type of ad hoc Parliamentary committee constituted by the Indian parliament. A Joint Parliamentary Committee is formed when a motion is adopted by one house and it is supported or agreed by the other house. Philippines A bicameral c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives. The powers, role and composition of the Senate are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia, federal constitution as well as federal legislation and Constitutional convention (political custom), constitutional convention. There are a total of 76 senators: twelve are elected from each of the six states and territories of Australia, Australian states, regardless of population, and two each representing the Australian Capital Territory (including the Jervis Bay Territory and Norfolk Island) and the Northern Territory (including the Australian Indian Ocean Territories). Senators are popularly elected under the single transferable vote system of proportional representation in state-wide and territory-wide districts. Section 24 of the Constitution of Australia, Section 24 of the Constitution provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Walsh
Jessica Cecille Walsh (born 16 May 1971) is an Australian politician and trade unionist. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a Senator for Victoria since 2019. Since 2025, she has held the position of Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth in the second Albanese ministry. Prior to her election to parliament, she was the state secretary of United Voice. Early life Walsh was born in Melbourne on 16 May 1971. She grew up in the suburb of North Balwyn. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts ( Hons.) from the University of Melbourne, Master of Arts from the University of Southern California, and Doctor of Philosophy in economic geography from the University of Melbourne. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Organising the low-wage service sector: labour, community and urban politics in the United States". Career From 1998 to 2000 Walsh was a research fellow at two progressive think tanks in the United States, the Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marielle Smith
Marielle Catherine Smith (born 30 December 1986), also known as Marielle Feuerherdt Smith, is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a Senator for South Australia since 2019. Early life and education Marielle Catherine Smith, also referred to as Marielle Feuerherdt Smith, was born on 30 December 1986 in Sydney. Her mother was born in the United Kingdom and she held British citizenship by descent until renouncing it in 2018 prior to running for parliament. Smith attended University Senior College in Adelaide, South Australia. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University and Master of Science from the London School of Economics. Career After graduating from ANU she joined the Australian Public Service through the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's graduate program. Smith has undertaken volunteer work with non-government organisations in Ghana and Sierra Leone. She is a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Paterson (Australian Politician)
James William Paterson (born 21 November 1987) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Victoria since 2016, representing the Liberal Party. He was appointed to Peter Dutton's shadow ministry following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 federal election. Early life Paterson was born in Melbourne on 21 November 1987. He attended what he described as a "hippie" school in Melbourne's outer suburbs, and also briefly attended an elementary school in Washington, D.C., USA, while his mother undertook an academic exchange. He completed high school at McKinnon Secondary College. Paterson completed the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne. He worked briefly as a special adviser to Senator Mitch Fifield and for several months as an intern for U.S. congressman Lincoln Díaz-Balart. He then worked as a writer for the Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) before joining the Institute of Public Affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Hill (politician)
Julian Christopher Hill (born 1973) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2016, representing the Victorian seat of Bruce. He has been an assistant minister in the Albanese government since 2024. Prior to his election to parliament, Hill served on the Port Phillip City Council from 1999 to 2005, including as the city's youngest mayor from 2000 to 2002. He subsequently worked as a public servant. Hill was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election, succeeding Alan Griffin. Early life and education Hill was born in Melbourne in 1973. He was raised by his mother after his father, a medical doctor, died when he was four years old. He has described how his mother, a nurse and midwife by profession, instilled in him the values of "responsibility, hard work and compassion". He grew up in the east Melbourne suburb of Burwood and attended Wesley College from 1985 to 1990. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Hastie
Andrew William Hastie (born 30 September 1982) is an Australian politician and former military officer currently serving as the shadow minister for defence. He has been Member of Parliament for the Division of Canning in Western Australia, since the 2015 Canning by-election. Hastie previously served as the Assistant Minister for Defence from 2020 to 2022 under Minister for Defence, Linda Reynolds and later Peter Dutton, in the Morrison Government. He was Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security from 2017 to 2020. Hastie was a troop commander in the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) prior to him entering politics. Early life and education Hastie's mother Sue was a primary school teacher for special needs children. His maternal grandmother Rose was a nurse and cared for Hastie's maternal grandfather Reginald, a war veteran. His father Peter was a church pastor in Wangaratta, Victoria; and later in the inner Sydney suburb of Ashfield, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raff Ciccone
Raffaele "Raff" Ciccone (born 1 November 1983) is an Australian politician who has served as Senator for Victoria since 2019. He is a member of the Labor Party and was appointed to the Senate following the resignation of Jacinta Collins, making him the 100th Senator to represent Victoria. Early life Ciccone lived with his parents and brother in the Melbourne suburb of Huntingdale. His parents immigrated to Australia from Italy in the late 1960s. He received his education at local Catholic primary schools, Christ Our Holy Redeemer, in Oakleigh East, then at Salesian College in Chadstone. Ciccone went on to study for bachelor's degrees, in arts and commerce, from Deakin University and the University of Melbourne. He joined the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) at the age of 16 when in high school. Following graduation from university, Ciccone initially worked in financial planning. Then, he moved to industrial relations and employment law, becoming a senior officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Birmingham
Simon John Birmingham (born 14 June 1974) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia between May 2007 to January 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he served in the Morrison government as Minister for Finance from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Minister for Education and Training in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2018, and as a parliamentary secretary and assistant minister in the Abbott government. On 30 October 2020, Birmingham was sworn in as Minister for Finance and became Leader of the Government in the Senate following the resignation of Mathias Cormann. Following the change of government at the 21 May 2022 election, Birmingham's Senate role became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as well as becoming Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs in the shadow ministry of Peter Dutton. Early life and career Birmingham was born in Adelaide on 14 June 1974. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Andrews
Karen Lesley Andrews (née Weir; born 23 August 1960) is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison government as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology from 2018 to 2021 and as Minister for Home Affairs (Australia), Minister for Home Affairs from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and has represented the Queensland seat of Division of McPherson, McPherson since the 2010 Australian federal election, 2010 federal election. Andrews sits as a Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal and previously served as an assistant minister in the Abbott government, Abbott and Turnbull governments. Before entering politics she was a mechanical engineer and industrial relations consultant. On 18 April 2023, Andrews announced that she would retire at the 2025 Australian federal election. Early life Andrews was born in Brisbane on 23 August 1960. She is the daughter of William and Moya Weir; her father served in World War II and was later nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Wallace
Andrew Bruce Wallace (born 23 April 1968) is an Australian politician who served as the 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2021 to April 2022. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Division of Fisher. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in parliament. Early life Wallace was born in Melbourne. At the age of 19, he entered a Pallottine monastery in Victoria. He was asked to leave after less than a year when it was judged that he would not be able to fulfil his monastic vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Dismissed by the rector, he was told, "there's many ways you can serve God, you don't have to be a priest." His mother organised his apprenticeship as a carpenter, and Wallace eventually started his own building business. Wallace qualified as a barrister in 2000 after studying law at the Queensland University of Technology, sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Khalil
Peter Khalil (born 23 March 1973) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2016 Australian federal election, 2016 federal election, representing the Victorian seat of Division of Wills, Wills. Khalil was born in Melbourne to Copts, Egyptian Coptic parents. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and Australian National University, subsequently working for the Department of Defence (Australia), Department of Defence and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs. He briefly worked in Iraq with the Coalition Provisional Authority and later worked in the United States as analyst with the Brookings Institution and Eurasia Group. In 2007, Khalil was appointed as national security adviser to ALP leader Kevin Rudd. He was later a director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and member of the Victorian Multicultural Commission. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
