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Last updated: 19 September 2023

The Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs is appointed under Standing Order 215 which was passed by the House of Representatives on 26 July 2022.

The Committee may inquire into and report on any matter referred to it by either the House or a Minister, including any pre-legislation proposal, bill, motion, petition, vote or expenditure, other financial matter, report or document.

The Office of Legal Services Coordination works to make sure Australian Government agencies receive consistent and well-coordinated legal services.

Legal services should:

• be of a high standard
• uphold the public interest
• be sensitive to the context that Commonwealth interests may be broader than those of any one agency.

We also administer the Legal Services Directions 2017. These replaced the Legal Services Directions 2005. Where a pre-existing instrument or document refers to the Legal Services Directions 2005, the reference will be read as a reference to the Legal Services Directions 2017, see paragraph 6 of Appendix G of the Legal Services Directions 2017.

More information about the services we provide and our responsibilities can be found by following the links below:

• Legal Services Directions 2017 and guidance notes
• Purchasing legal services
• Engagement of Counsel
• Compliance and reporting
• Connecting government lawyers
• Commonwealth legal services expenditure
• Service of court documents on the Commonwealth

We are aware of people receiving voicemails that claim to be from the 'Department of Legal Services' and may include threats to cancel your Tax File Number or arrest you.

There is no Australian Government agency named the 'Department of Legal Services'. The Australian Taxation Office is responsible for Tax File Numbers. They will never send unsolicited, pre-recorded messages to your phone. To confirm whether an interaction is genuine, you can call the ATO on 1800 008 540.

Find out more about how to identify and respond to phone scams by visiting the ATO website and Scamwatch.

If you or someone you know has paid or provided sensitive personal identifying information to a scammer, call the ATO on 1800 008 540 to report.

The Committee operated during the 55th Parliament. This page provides information on the inquiries it conducted.

• Inquiries
• Reports and Government Responses
• Resolution establishing the committee
• Contact us

During the current parliament, no inquiries have been undertaken by the committee.

Referred Inquiry

No inquiries were undertaken by the committee in past parliaments.

Records of earlier inquiries undertaken by the committee appear below:

Referred Inquiry 26/03/2014 Debt recovery in NSW 16/02/2012 Law reform issues regarding synthetic drugs

No inquiries have been referred to the committee.