We (finally) have more clarity as to the next steps in the long-awaited reform of the Australian Privacy Act.

As we noted back in February this year (see here), the Attorney-General’s Department recommended a number of changes to Australia’s core privacy regime, which saw its last major overhaul in 2014.

The Australian Government

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Authors: Sarah Birkett, Nicholas Boyle

The Australian Attorney-General has published the (long-awaited) results of the Privacy Act review.

The report recommends a number of changes to the Australian privacy framework, including various changes to Australia’s core privacy legislation, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

The report does not represent official Government policy and there is
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