Privacy regulator calls for more powers to enhance national regime Wednesday January 19, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Australia’s privacy regime should focus on targeted regulation, strategic enforcement and more direct avenues of redress for individuals, says OAIC.
Movers & Shakers: New DPM&C appointments, bureau formalises new director Friday November 19, 2021 By Jackson Graham Federal New lieutenant-governor of Victoria, new Children’s Court president, NWSA appoints policy panel, and more.
Synchronising the linked-up public sector Wednesday September 22, 2021 By Nathan Gower Communications & Technology Some 82% of public sector workers say frustration with their job stems from their agency being at or behind the digital transformation curve.
Premium Columnists Craft-a-crime with the Identify and Disrupt Bill Monday September 13, 2021 By Binoy Kampmark Editors' Picks The Identify and Disrupt Bill lets security organisations modify online material and coerce civilians into hacking, in the course of investigating online crimes.
Case to access robodebt documents heads to AAT Friday June 18, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal A legal battle to access early business plans and other documents relating to the federal government’s robodebt scheme will be heard by the appeals tribunal…
Privacy commissioner releases guide for managing risks while transitioning to cloud Thursday May 6, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology NSW's ICT strategy has set a target of having all government agencies using public cloud for a minimum of 25% of their ICT services by…
Rex Patrick threatens to take information commissioner to court over FOI speed Monday April 26, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Patrick described the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as a 'train smash' within the Australian FOI review regime.
Home Affairs to task senior public servant with addressing FoI compliance issues Monday February 1, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has recommended the Department of Home Affairs appoint an ‘information champion’ after an investigation found the department has…
Most federal government data breaches caused by human error, report finds Friday January 29, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The federal government has for the first time been named as one of the top five industry sectors to report data breaches.
Home Affairs ordered to pay asylum seekers over data breach Wednesday January 27, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Compensation ranging from $500 to more than $20,000 would be paid on a case-by-case basis, and would be assessed using five categories of loss or…
Australian Conservation Foundation audit of FOI requests finds environment minister, dept & agencies stifling access Friday January 15, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Environment minister Sussan Ley refused outright 39 freedom of information requests in the last financial year, while granting just one in full and three in…
National privacy regulator set to publish COVID-19 app investigation findings Thursday November 19, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The incoming report will contain findings and recommendations from the first in a series of five assessments, which Angelene Falk says have examined compliance and…
Trust in federal government departments’ handling of personal information declining, survey finds Thursday September 24, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Trust in personal information handling by federal government departments has gone down by 14% since 2007, while trust in companies in general has declined by…
New resource helps agencies know when to conduct privacy-impact assessments Monday September 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has launched a new resource to help federal government agencies determine when they should conduct a privacy-impact…
Teenager allegedly behind WA Health breach Wednesday July 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The website that published sensitive messages sent between staff from the Western Australian Department of Health was run by a teenager.
