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This page contains ASIC’s submissions to Parliamentary inquiries, Treasury consultations and draft legislation over the last two years.

2024 submissions

Committee	Inquiry	Date	Submission	Topic
Senate Economics Legislation Committee	Inquiry into the Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024	December	202412 Submission (no.5) - Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024 (PDF)	Scams
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies	November	202411 Submission (no.3) Wealth Management Companies (PDF)	Financial services
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation	October	202410 Submission (no.15) Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation (PDF)	Enforcement
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement	Inquiry into the capability of law enforcement to respond to money laundering and financial crime	August	202408 Submission (no.13) - Capability of law enforcement to respond to money laundering and financial crime (PDF)	Enforcement
Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Affairs	Inquiry into economic self-determination and opportunities for First Nations Australians	June	202406 Submission (no.50) - Economic self-determination and opportunities for First Nations Australians (PDF)	First Nations Australians
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse	June	202406 Submission (no.48) - Financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse (PDF)	Financial abuse
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	June	202406 Supplementary submission (no.1-6) ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Inquiry into wholesale investor and wholesale client tests	May	202405 Submission (no.62) - Wholesale investor and wholesale client tests (PDF)	Consumer
Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence	Inquiry into the uptake of AI technologies in Australia	May	202405 Submission (no.67) - Uptake of AI technologies in Australia (PDF)	Artificial Intelligence
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	April	202404 Supplementary submission (no.1-5) - ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation (ASIC’s approach to enforcement)		202404 Submission (no.14) - Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and Corporations Legislation (PDF)	Enforcement
Senate Economics Legislation Committee	Inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024	April	202404 Submission (no.2) - TLAB 2024 - FMI and other measures (PDF)	Financial Market Infrastructure
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit	Inquiry into Commonwealth Financial Statements 2022-23	March	202403 Submission (no.2) Commonwealth Financial Statements 2022-23 (PDF)	Governance and Accountability
Standing Committee on Economics	Inquiry into insurers' responses to 2022 major flood claims	March	202403 Supplementary submission (no.35-1) - Insurers' response to 2022 major flood claims (PDF)	Insurance
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement	Inquiry into the capability of law enforcement to respond to cybercrime	March	202403 Supplementary submission (no.36) - Capability of law enforcement to respond to cybercrime (Response to IFW Global) (PDF)	Cyber
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit	Inquiry into probity and ethics in the Australian Public Sector	March	202403 Supplementary submission (no.3-1) - Probity and ethics in the APS (PDF)	Governance and Accountability
Senate Economics References Committee	Improving consumer experiences, choice, and outcomes in Australia’s retirement system	February	202402 Submission (no.28) - Improving consumer experiences, choice, and outcomes in Australia's retirement system (PDF)	Superannuation and retirement
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs	Attorney-General’s Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2023	January	202401 Submission (no.7) Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2023 (PDF)	Enforcement

Committee	Inquiry	Date	Submission	Topic
Treasury	Scams Prevention Framework draft legislation	October	202410 - Submission to Treasury - Scams Prevention Framework (PDF)	Scams
Treasury	Scams – mandatory industry codes	February	202402 - Submission to Treasury - Scams mandatory industry codes (PDF)	Scams
Treasury	Climate-related financial disclosure: exposure draft legislation	February	202402 - Submission to Treasury - Climate-related financial disclosure (PDF)	Sustainability reporting

Committee	Inquiry	Date	Submission	Topic
Department of Industry, Science and Resources	Safe and responsible AI in Australia	October	202410 Submission to DISR - AI guardrails discussion paper (PDF)	Artificial intelligence

2023 submissions

Committee	Inquiry	Date	Submission	Topic
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	December	202312 Supplementary submission (no.1-4) - ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement
Standing Committee on Economics	Inquiry into insurers' responses to 2022 major flood claims	December	202312 Submission (no.35) - Insurers' response to 2022 major flood claims (PDF)	Insurance
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement	Inquiry into the capability of law enforcement to respond to cybercrime	December	202312 Submission (no.13) - Capability of law enforcement to respond to cybercrime (PDF)	Cyber
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Inquiry into Ethics and Professional Accountability: Structural Challenges in the Audit, Assurance and Consultancy Industry	September	202309 Submission (no.49) - Structural Challenges in the Audit, Assurance and Consultancy Industry (PDF)	Governance and accountability
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	September	202309 Supplementary submission (no.1-3) - ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation	September	202309 Supplementary submission (no.7-1) Oversight of ASIC-CHESS Replacement Project-Response to Cboe Aus (PDF)	Market operators
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit	Inquiry into probity and ethics in the Australian Public Sector	August	202308 Submission (no.3) - Probity and ethics in the APS (PDF)	Governance and accountability
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	August	202308 Supplementary submission (no.1-2) - ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	June	202306 Supplementary submission (no.1-1) ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement
Senate References Committee on Environment and Communications	Inquiry into greenwashing	June	202306 Submission (no.21) - Greenwashing (PDF)	Greenwashing
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services	Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation	May	202305 Submission (no.7) - Oversight of ASIC-CHESS Replacement Project (PDF)	Market operators
Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport	Inquiry into Bank Closures in regional Australia	April	202304 Submission (no.542) Bank closures in regional Australia (PDF)	Other
Senate Economics References Committee	Inquiry into Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation and enforcement	February	202302 Submission (no.1) - ASIC's investigation and enforcement (PDF)	Enforcement

Committee	Inquiry	Date	Submission	Topic
Treasury	Review of the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes	September	202309 - Submission to Treasury - Review of the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes (PDF)	Managed investment schemes
Treasury	Unfair Trading Practices	September	202309 - Submission to Treasury - Unfair Trading Practices (PDF)	Unfair trading

Committee	Inquiry	Date	Submission	Topic
DCCEEW	Climate Active Program Direction Consultation 2023	December	202312 Submission to DCCEEW - Climate Active Program Direction Consultation (PDF)	Climate Active Program