83% of Australians want tougher privacy laws. Now’s your chance to tell the government what you want
- Written by Normann Witzleb, Associate Professor in Law, Monash University
ShutterstockFederal Attorney-General Christian Porter has called for submissions to the long-awaited review of the federal Privacy Act 1988.
This is the first wide-ranging review of privacy laws since the Australian Law Reform Commission produced a landmark report in 2008.
Australia has in the past often hesitated to adopt a strong privacy...





