See also: PLPR's World-Wide Privacy Guide ||| Privacy Law & Policy Reporter Archive

Australian Privacy Sources

• Legislation
• Decisions
• Privacy protection agencies
• Privacy NGOs (Non-government organisations)
• Publications
• Conferences
• Home pages
• Newsgroups, lists etc

Australian Privacy Issues

• Encryption
• Freedom of Information and privacy
• Human rights
• International obligations to protect privacy

Legislation

• Commonwealth (Federal) Acts
• Privacy Act 1988
• Data-Matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990
• Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
• Archives Act 1983
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
• Crimes Act 1914
• Part VIA - Computer Crime
• Part VIIA - Postal Offences
• Part VIIB - Telecommunications Offences
• Part VIIC - Spent Convictions
• Freedom of Information Act 1982
• Part V - Amendment and Annotation of Personal Records
• Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
• National Health Act 1953 - s135AA and AB - Privacy guidlines
• Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 - Part VA Tax File Numbers
• Taxation Administration Act 1953 - Subdivision BA - Offences relating to tax file numbers
• Telecommunications Act 1991 s88
• Commonwealth (Federal) Regulations
• Crimes Regulations SR 1990 No 227 - R8 Exclusions from Division 3 of Part VIIC of Act
• Income Tax Regulations - Part 6 - Tax File Numbers
• Commonwealth (Federal) Explanatory Memoranda
• Privacy Bill 1988
• Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 1989 (Spent Convictions)
• Privacy Amendment Bill 1989 (Credit Reporting) (consolidation of the 1989 bill and the 1990 amendments)
• Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Bill 1990
• New South Wales legislation
• Privacy Committee Act 1975 (NSW)
• Listening Devices Act 1984 (NSW)
• Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW)
• Adoption Information Act 1990 (NSW)
• International references

Decisions

• 1 PLPR 150 - SPRING v GUARDIAN ASSURANCE PLC
• 1 PLPR 150 - Austen v Civil Aviation Authority
• 1 PLPR 151 - COONABARABRAN SHIRE COUNCIL v SHAW
• 1 PLPR 152 - Determination: Secretary, Department of Defence
• 1 PLPR 153 - Complaint against the Minister for Housing (NSW) and Others
• 1 PLPR 153 - Inquiry: Access to severance payment details (British Columbia)
• 1 PLPR 154 - Inquiry: Access to insurance investigator's report (BC)
• 1 PLPR 130 - Bray v Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Corporation
• 1 PLPR 110 - DAVIS v MURRAY
• 1 PLPR 110 - Russell Island Development Association Inc And Department Of Primary Industries
• 1 PLPR 110 - Whiskisoda Pty Ltd v HSV Channel Seven Pty Ltd
• 1 PLPR 111 - Complaint: Annandale Nursing Homes and Department of Community Services (NSW)
• 1 PLPR 111 - Complaint: Insurer's claim file (NZ)
• 1 PLPR 111 - Complaint: Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Corporation (NZ)
• 1 PLPR 90 - Stewart v Telstra - AAT
• 1 PLPR 91 - Pollock v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation - Federal Court of Australaia
• 1 PLPR 91 - Complaint: Department of Social Welfare (NZ)
• 1 PLPR 91 - Complaint: Department of Social Welfare (NZ)
• 1 PLPR 91 - Complaint: Department of Community Services (NSW)
• 1 PLPR 92 - Complaint: Wollondilly Council (NSW)
• 1 PLPR 70 - Credit Reference Agencies and disputed debts - NZ Privacy Commissioner
• 1 PLPR 70 - Debt collection fax to place of employment
• 1 PLPR 71 - Unfair dismissal for spent conviction
• 1 PLPR 71 - Improper use of information about employment applicant
• 1 PLPR 71 - CARROLL v ATTORNEY-GENERAL (NSW)
• 1 PLPR 72 - Commissioner of Police v District Court of NSW and Anor
• 1 PLPR 50 - TOONEN v AUSTRALIA
• 1 PLPR 51 - COCO v THE QUEEN
• 1 PLPR 52 - COT v TELECOM
• 1 PLPR 52 - THE HERALD AND WEEKLY TIMES v BRAUN M (Constituting the Magistrates Court at Prahran)
• 1 PLPR 53 - DATA PROTECTION REGISTRAR v GRIFFIN
• 5 PLPR 53 - INQUIRY RE: A REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES RECORDS
• 1 PLPR 54 - COMPLAINT: EXERCISE OF BENEFIT POWERS AGAINST EMPLOYEE
• 1 PLPR 31 - Complaint: Disclosure of debt to complainant's wife
• 1 PLPR 31 - Complaint: Use of Official Conduct Record
• 1 PLPR 32 - R v Brown
• 1 PLPR 32 - Austen v Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd
• 1 PLPR 10 - Johns v Australian Securities Commission

Privacy protection agencies

• New South Wales Privacy Committee [on AustLII]
• International references

Privacy NGOs (Non-government organisations)

• Australian Privacy Charter (Australian Privacy Charter Council)
• International references

Publications

• Privacy Law & Policy Reporter Archive
• International references

Conferences

• International references

Home pages

• Roger Clarke - particularly the Graham Greenleaf particularly publications on the net
• International references

Newsgroups, lists etc

• International references

Australian Privacy Issues

Encryption

• Search AustLII for items on encryption ('encrypt*')
• Steve Orlowski 'Encryption and the Global Information Infrastructure: An Australian Perspective'
• International references

Freedom of Information and privacy

• Search AustLII for items on FOI and privacy
• Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
• Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW)
• Part V - Amendment and Annotation of Personal Records

Human rights

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
• Search AustLII for all references to the ICCPR
• Search AustLII for references to the ICCPR and privacy

International obligations to protect privacy

• Greenleaf, G The European privacy Directive and data exports' Privacy Law & Policy Reporter (1995) 2 PLPR 105
• Greenleaf, G 'The European privacy Directive - completed' Privacy Law & Policy Reporter (1995) 2 PLPR 81
• G Greenleaf 'Implications for Australia of international privacy requirements' (1994)
• International agreements

Please mail any suggestions for additions or corrections to Graham Greenleaf