In brief
The first phase of the Government’s proposed implementation of long-anticipated reforms to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act“) was tabled in Parliament on 12 September 2024.
The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (“Bill“) comes two years after the Attorney-General Department’s report (“Review“) proposed 116 recommendations to reform the Privacy Act. The Government’s response to the Review, in September 2023 (“Response“), “agreed” 38 proposals to be implemented first and this Bill addresses 23 of those proposals. Please refer to our summary table for more details regarding how the new Bill addresses the various proposals in the Response.
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