OAIC slashes staff to meet $11m budget crunch


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The privacy and information watchdog has slashed dozens of staff in response to a 23 per cent budget cut by government and a review by management consultants, sparking fears it will be ill equipped to deal with key policy changes like the social media ban.

Senior officials confirmed the cuts on Wednesday and said a new structure at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) will in place from …

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