On 2 April 2025, information commissioners and ombudsmen from around Australia came together in Brisbane to discuss risks, challenges and opportunities affecting the public’s right of access to government-held information.

11 April 2025

The Commissioner is calling on Australian Government agencies to improve information governance to ensure they meet legislative obligations when using messaging apps.

19 March 2025

The OAIC is Australia’s national privacy and information access regulator.

6 March 2025

Read the opening statement tabled by Australian Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd with the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on 25 February 2025.

26 February 2025

Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind has accepted an enforceable undertaking offered by Oxfam Australia.

20 February 2025

Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind joined data protection authorities from Korea, Ireland, France and the UK in signing a joint declaration to reaffirm commitment to establishing data governance that fosters innovative and privacy-protective AI.

12 February 2025

The OAIC has launched a new statistics dashboard that improves public access to data about the operation of Australia’s freedom of information system.

13 January 2025

The OAIC has made appointments to key new roles in its senior executive leadership team as part of its transformation work

19 December 2024

The OAIC welcomes additional funding in the Australian Government’s 2024–25 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook to carry out important privacy projects and build intelligence tools

18 December 2024

The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million payment program as part of an enforceable undertaking received from Meta to settle civil penalty proceedings.

17 December 2024

Members remind agencies that good data governance is more important than ever

3 December 2024

The OAIC welcomes the passing of the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024

29 November 2024

Read the opening statement delivered by Australian Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on 27 November 2024

28 November 2024

The Privacy Commissioner has found that scraping data to target vulnerable people by Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd and Property Lovers Pty Ltd was unlawful and interfered with the privacy of individuals

26 November 2024

The system, via CCTV, captured the faces of every person – likely hundreds of thousands of individuals – who entered 63 Bunnings stores between 2018 and 2021.

19 November 2024