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Consultations
RSS feedCurrent and recent consultations by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner are listed here.
Consultations before 2019 can be found on Trove.
We will generally publish submissions we receive as part of a consultative process on our website, except when a submission is provided and received in confidence.
1 July 2020
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 23 July 2020. BackgroundUnder s 93A of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) the Australian Information Commissioner has power to issue written guidelines for the purposes of the FOI Act. Australian Government agencies and ministers are required to have ...
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 19 June 2020. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is seeking your views on its draft privacy resource: When do agencies need to conduct a privacy impact assessment?The main purpose of the resource is to help agencies determine when ...
16 December 2019
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 31 January 2020. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is seeking your views in relation to two applications it has received for Public Interest Determinations (PIDs) in relation to international money transfers (IMTs).BackgroundPart VI of the Privacy Act 1988 ...
13 December 2019
On 13 December 2019, the Australian Information Commissioner approved a variation to the Privacy (Credit Reporting) Code 2014 (the CR Code). This follows an application by the Australian Retail Credit Association (ARCA) on 18 April 2019 (and amendments to the application dated 15 May 2019, 8 July 2019, 19 November ...
16 October 2019
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 20 November 2019. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is seeking your views on its draft Privacy Safeguard Guidelines. These draft guidelines set out the OAIC’s current understanding and interpretation of the privacy safeguards and the relevant Consumer Data ...
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 9 August 2019. BackgroundThe Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is aware of agency concerns about disclosing public servants’ names and contact details in response to FOI requests or when requests are being processed.We have prepared a discussion paper which ...
15 April 2019
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 30 April 2019. BackgroundUnder s 93A of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) the Australian Information Commissioner has power to issue written guidelines for the purposes of the FOI Act. Australian Government agencies are required to have regard to ...
7 December 2018
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 1 February 2019. No submissions were received. The OAIC is inviting submissions on the Australian Federal Police’s application for a public interest determination. The deadline for submissions is 1 February 2019.BackgroundOn 1 November 2018, the Australian Information Commissioner received an application ...
Consultations
Current and recent consultations by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner are listed here.
Consultations before 2019 can be found on Trove.
We will generally publish submissions we receive as part of a consultative process on our website, except when a submission is provided and received in confidence.
1 October 2021
Deadline for submissions is 15 October 2021.
15 September 2021
This consultation is now closed. The deadline for submissions was 13 October 2021.
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 4 June 2021.
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 19 May 2021.
21 April 2021
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 9 June 2021.
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 19 May 2021.
22 February 2021
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was Friday 12 March 2021.
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This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was Friday 4 December 2020.
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28 August 2020
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was Friday 20 November 2020.
This consultation is closed. The deadline for submissions was 23 July 2020.
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