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Increased electronic storage of information, technological advances and the increased use of the Internet will continue to place issues of privacy on the legal and political agenda.
The ALRC reconsidered issues relating to privacy in relation to its reports on freedom of information legislation (ALRC 77, Open Government: A Review of the Federal Freedom of Information Act 1982) in 1995 and on the Archives Act (ALRC 85, Australia's Federal Record: A Review of Archives Act 1983) in 1998.
The Australian Law Reform Commission, in conjunction with the Australian Health Ethics Committee, considered issues relating to privacy as part of its inquiry into the use of human genetic information. (ALRC 96, Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia)
The ALRC conducted a complete review of Australian privacy laws , with a final report published in 2008.