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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) regularly provides advice on freedom of information, privacy and information policy matters. This advice will often take the form of a submission to a policy process such as a parliamentary inquiry or departmental review. These submissions are available below. Submissions to OAIC consultations are available on our consultations page.
Submissions made prior to 1 November 2010 by the former Office of the Privacy Commissioner are available at: www.privacy.gov.au/materials/types/submissions?sortby=65
2012 OAIC submissions
- Independent review of Australian Government environmental information activity discussion paper; Submission to Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (May 2012)
- Discussion paper on Charitable Fundraising Regulation Reform; Submission to The Treasury (April 2012)
- Fair Work Act Review; Supplementary submission to the Fair Work Act Review Panel (March 2012)
- Fair Work Act Review; Submission to the Fair Work Act Review Panel (February 2012), PDF
- Inquiry into the provisions of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 and a related bill (January 2012), PDF
2011 OAIC submissions
- Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) Discussion Paper; Submission to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (December 2011), PDF
- Connecting with Confidence: A Public Discussion Paper; Submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (November 2011)
- Issues Paper – A Commonwealth statutory cause of action for serious invasion of privacy; Submission to the Attorney-General's Department (November 2011), PDF
- Exposure Draft Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011; Submission to the Department of Health and Ageing (October 2011), PDF
- Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation; Submission to the Inquiry (October 2011), PDF
- Future COAG Regulatory Reform Agenda Stakeholder Consultation Paper; Submission to the COAG Business Regulation and Competition Working Group Secretariat (October 2011)
- Convergence Review: Emerging Issues Paper; Submission to Convergence Review (October 2011), PDF
- Review of the privacy Guidelines for broadcasters; Submission to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (October 2011), PDF
- Consultation draft 'Implementation of Body Scanners: Privacy Impact Assessment'; Submission to Office of Transport Security (September 2011)
- Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws (DP 76); Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (September 2011), PDF
- National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011; Submission to Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee (September 2011)
- Submission to the Department of Health and Ageing on the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record System: Legislation Issues Paper (August 2011), PDF
- Draft Rail Safety National Law 2011; Submission to the National Transport Commission (August 2011)
- Inquiry into Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety (July 2011), PDF
- Inquiry into the feasibility of establishing the position of Officer of the Parliament; Submission to the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure ACT Legislative Assembly (July 2011)
- Judicial Review in Australia; Submission to the Administrative Review Council (July 2011), PDF
- Draft Concept of Operations: Relating to the introduction of a personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system; Submission to the Department of Health and Ageing (June 2011), PDF
- Electronic Recording and Reporting of Controlled Drugs Consultation Paper; Submission to Department of Health and Ageing (April 2011)
- Inquiry into the future direction and role of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee (April 2011), PDF
- Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws - Social Security Law (IP 39); Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (May 2011)
- Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws - Child Support and Family Assistance (IP 38); Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (April 2011)
- Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws - Immigration Law (IP 37); Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (April 2011)
- Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws - Employment and Superannuation Law (IP 36); Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (April 2011)
- Proposed extradition and mutual assistance reforms; Submission to the Attorney-General’s Department (March 2011)
- Proposed Accession to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime; Submission to Attorney-General’s Department (March 2011)
- Draft Report - 'Caring for Older Australians'; Submission to the Productivity Commission (March 2011)
- Credit Reporting; Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee (March 2011), PDF, RTF
- Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011; Submission to to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (March 2011)
- Exposure Draft – Using Tax File Numbers as an identifier and to facilitate account consolidation (February 2011)
2010 OAIC submissions
- Exposure Draft – Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010 (December 2010)
- Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (November 2010)