Tag: Mark Dreyfus

Govt consults on criminalising doxxing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Attorney General Mark Dreyfus on Sunday launched a two-and-a-half week consultation on privacy law reforms to address doxxing, after hundreds of Jewish Australians’ details were published online. The Albanese...

Statutory declarations go digital on myGov

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Commonwealth statutory declarations can now be witnessed on myGov using the federal government’s digital identity system, removing the need for Australians to visit a Justice of the Peace. Finance...

New forum to examine AI copyright issues

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A forum of industry representatives will be stood up by the Albanese government on a permanent basis to consider copyright issues presented by generative artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT....

Govt appoints standalone privacy, FOI watchdogs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will have dedicated privacy, information and freedom of information watchdogs next year after the Albanese government announced the appointments of state regulator Elizabeth Tydd and human rights lawyer...

Groups unite to call for urgent action on privacy reform

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Calls for the federal government to address Australia’s outdated privacy regime have intensified, with digital rights advocates and researchers demanding urgent action in a new open letter. It comes...

Govt backs landmark reforms to Australian privacy law

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has agreed to most of the recommendations in a landmark review of Australia’s privacy law to bring it into the digital age, including a right to...

Govt to ban one-to-many face matching by police

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Authorities will be banned from using facial recognition capabilities operated by the federal government to conduct one-to-many identity matches under re-drafted legislation first proposed more than four years ago....

Govt moves to add digital ID option for stat decs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has introduced legislation to Parliament that paves the way for Australians to use a digital identity to witness documents online, promising $156 million in time and...

Dreyfus given responsibility for biometrics, identity policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Responsibility for biometrics and identity policy in the federal government, as well as the controversial national facial recognition database that remains non-operational, will move under Attorney General Mark Dreyfus...