Secrecy Offences – Review of Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code Act 1995

On 27 June 2024 the Monitor’s report on the review of the secrecy offences in Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 was tabled in parliament. The report makes 15 recommendations for change. Key recommendations include: removing reliance on ‘security classification’ alone as the basis for an offence; narrowing offences applicable to security and intelligence agency information to focus on covert intelligence activities; and, repealing certain offences that currently apply to people who do not work for the government, such as journalists.

View the report