We are saddened to hear of the passing of the Hon Roger Gyles AO KC on 2 March 2025.  Mr Gyles was, among many other things, the second Independent National Security Legislation Monitor.

Mr Gyles served as INSLM between December 2014 and October 2016 and was an important part of the ongoing work of the office to independently assess the necessity and proportionality of Australia’s national security laws. His work, including his review into the effect of s 35P of the ASIO Act on journalists, resulted in law reform with a lasting impact. 

We would like to pay our respects to his family, friends and former colleagues. 

The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (‘the Monitor’) is a statutory office holder who independently reviews Australia’s national security and counter-terrorism laws and can make recommendations for law reform. Law making and law reform are inherently public processes, and the Monitor invites members of civil society groups, the media, government and non-government organisations and the wider community to provide submissions to reviews.

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