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Govt urged to act on automated decision-making reform

As Attorney General Mark Dreyfus forges ahead with a framework for automating government decisions, experts say the plan is missing foundational work and the reform ambition it needs. In...

Law Council push for Digital ID to replace data obligations

2 April 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Data retention obligations imposed on businesses should be scaled back and replaced with the federal government’s digital identity scheme or other privacy-preserving methods, according to the Law Council of...

‘Troubling’: Face matching law built on outdated privacy framework

17 October 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The Albanese government settled on an outdated privacy framework for long-overdue laws to govern its document and face matching systems, despite acknowledging the protections are inadequate. That’s according to...

Make Australia ‘world’s hardest scam target’: Gina Cass-Gottlieb

20 July 2022 | by Brandon How

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb highlighted the importance of collaboration in the fight against scams and outlined the regulator’s three-pronged approach to make Australia the world’s...

Law is falling far behind the tech

27 November 2017 | by Beverley Head

Legislation addressing the deployment of emerging technologies in Australia is “so far behind we don’t even know how far behind we are” according to Law Council president Fiona McLeod....

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Govt urged to act on automated decision-making reform

Law Council push for Digital ID to replace data obligations

‘Troubling’: Face matching law built on outdated privacy framework

Make Australia ‘world’s hardest scam target’: Gina Cass-Gottlieb

Law is falling far behind the tech

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