2008 media releases and briefing papers
2008 media releases
- Government to implement ALRC's Sedition Report (23 December 2008)
- ALRC: Do we need secrecy laws in an open society? (9 December 2008)
- ALRC revisits the legal rights of children and young people in Australia (1 October 2008)
- Australia must rewrite privacy laws for the Information Age (11 August 2008)
- ALRC to tackle government secrecy laws (5 August 2008)
- ALRC DNA testing online: marketing hype or medical breakthrough? (4 August 2008)
- ALRC Congratulates Justice French on Appointment as Chief Justice of Australia (30 July 2008)
- ALRC’s FOI Inquiry deferred pending Government reforms (22 July 2008)
- ALRC: Will ‘animal rights’ become the next great social justice movement? (3 March 2008)
- ALRC: overhaul of client legal privilege in federal investigations (13 February 2008)
2008 media briefing papers
- ALRC 108 - For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (11 August 2008)
- Simplifying and harmonising privacy law and practice
- Technology-neutral privacy principles should govern rapidly developing ICT
- New cross-border privacy laws—greater certainty for all Australians
- Rationalisation and clarification of exemptions to the Privacy Act
- Improved complaint handling and enforcement
- Introducing a mandatory data breach notification scheme
- Reform of the credit reporting system
- Protecting Health Information in the Digital Age
- Children, young people and privacy
- A statutory clause of action for serious invasions of privacy: getting the balance right