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These amendments included increased maximum penalties for data breaches and enhanced enforcement powers for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ...
It is unclear if a tort of invasion of privacy exists under Australian law. [4] The ALRC summarised the position in 2007: [2]: para 5.12, 5.14 "In Australia, no jurisdiction has enshrined in legislation a cause of action for invasion of privacy; however, the door to the development of such a cause of action at common law has been left open by the High Court in Australian Broadcasting ...
In 1984 the Australian Electoral Office was reformed through amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 and is currently known as the Australian Electoral Commission. [ 5 ] After the loss of 1,400 ballots during the recount for the 2013 Western Australia Senate election and the subsequent 2014 special election , the AEC came under ...
In March 2022, the NSW Electoral Commission announced that it would not use the iVote online voting system for the 2023 state election, following technical glitches during the 2021 local elections. Advocates for blind and low-vision people in Australia subsequently accused the Commission of unlawful discrimination over the removal of the ...
Voting at a polling booth in suburban Melbourne in the 2016 Federal Election Women voting for the first time in the 1907 Queensland state election. Voting in federal, state and territory elections is compulsory for all persons on the electoral roll. [21] Voting can take place by a person attending in person at any polling place in their State ...
The Office of the Australian ... The office has the power to conduct privacy audits of Australian and ACT Government agencies, as well as some other organisations in ...
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Section 42 of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 (Cth) imposes a penalty of two years' imprisonment for a whistleblower who makes a disclosure in relation to an Australian immigration detention facility, although section 42(2)(c) exempts a disclosure where it is "required or authorised by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a ...