Options for reform
3.29 The ALRC has considered various options to achieve national consistency in the regulation of personal information handling, including the amendment of the Privacy Act to establish a single national privacy law, and the establishment of an intergovernmental cooperative scheme. These options are outlined below.National legislation3.30 As noted above, the Commonwealth has the power under …
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3.9 A threshold issue is whether national consistency in the regulation of personal information handling is important. All submissions that addressed this issue strongly supported national consistency.[13] Most focused on how a nationally consistent privacy regime would lessen unjustified compliance burdens and cost. For example, a number of stakeholders emphasised that national consistency is essential …
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Read moreInadequate federal sentencing laws need reform
Thursday, 3 February 2005: Laws dealing with the sentencing of federal offenders are internally inconsistent, convoluted and confusing, the Australian Law Reform Commission said today. ALRC President Professor David Weisbrot said that with the recent growth in the number and range of federal offences, it is critical that we have a sentencing regime that is …
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