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Selected papers and submissions published by the Foundation (1987-), and by its sibling organisation the Australian Privacy Charter Council (1994-2002).

This document lists paper sorted in chronological order, most recent first.

A companion document lists the papers sorted by policy topic.

Another companion document lists the papers sorted by jurisdiction.

This index reflects work undertaken by the APF since 1987, but concentrating on the last 10 years' work. See also the Campaigns pages.

Here are the APF's Policy on the Confidentiality of Consultations and the APF's Policy on Speakers Fees for Conferences and Seminars.

2009

Health card plan, to Federal government minister Roxon (9 June 2009, date corrected. Receipt)
Health-e-Link, to NSW government minister Della Bosca (9 June 2009)
AusCheck Amendment Bill 2009 (Cth), to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (June 2009)
'Nurses paid to scout for Vioxx drug firm', to OFPC (May 2009)
Medical Director and AsteRx data, to OFPC (May 2009), and reply (May 2005)
Review of Consumer-related Industry Code Processes, to the Dept of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (May 2009)
Review of the Freedom of Information Act 1991 (Tas), Submission to Tasmanian Department of Justice (May 2009)
Freedom of Information Reform, Submission to Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet (May 2009)
Compliance Audits on Medicare Benefits (MBS), Supplementary Submission to Senate Community Affairs Committee (May 2009), and Evidence to the Committee on 6 May
Response to Supplementary Paper on Person-Controlled eHealth Records, to National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (May 2009)
National Registration of Health Workers, to Senate Community Affairs Committee (April 2009)
Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Data to a Gambling Company, to Productivity Commission (April 2009), and the empty reply (May 2009)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, Supplementary Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional C'tee (April 2009)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional C'tee (April 2009)
Compliance Audits of Medicare Benefits (MBS), to Senate Community Affairs Committee (April 2009)
Electronic Transfer of Pathology Data, to NEHTA (April 2009)
Confidentiality Of Taxpayer Information / Tax Secrecy, to Clth Treasury (April 2009)
Letter re Breaches of NPP 4.1,to OFPC, and the Privacy Commissioner's positive reply, (April 2009)
Comments re Draft Privacy and FOI Bills (Qld), to Queensland Premier (April 2009)
Comments re Draft Information Sheets, to OFPC (April 2009)

Policy Statement re Privacy and the Media (March 2009), and letters to the Media Alliance and Australia's Right to Know Coalition
Re Mobile Premium Services (MPS) Code and Guideline, joint NGO Letters to ACMA, ACCC, and The Minister (March 2009)
Medicare Auditor Powers, Letter to The Canberra Times (March 2009)
Medicare MBS Compliance Audit Initiative, Submission (March 2009)
Interim Report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC), Submission (March 2009)
Unique Patient ID or Patient Health?, Letter to The Australian (March 2009)
Healthelink, Letter to the SMH (March 2009)
Disclosure of Genetic Information Without Consent, Submission to NHMRC (March 2009)
Digital Economy Future Directions, Submission to Dept of Broadband etc. (DBCDE) (February 2009)
ALRC Report Part H – Health, Submission to Clth PM & C (February 2009)
Harmonisation of Multi-centre Ethical Review (HOMER), Submission to NHMRC (February 2009)
National [Medical] Accreditation and Registration Scheme (NRAS), Submission to Health Workforce (February 2009)
Draft Model Spent Convictions Bill, Submission to the Clth Attorney-General's Dept (February 2009)
Fair Work Bill, Submission to the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee (February 2009)
Personal Property Securities Bill, Evidence to the Senate Legal & Constitutional C'tee (January 2009), mirrored here
Funding of National Consumer Representation, Letters to Federal Ministers and certain MPs supporting CFA proposal (January 2009)
Privacy Principles & Interstate Disclosure – GQ v NSW DET [2008] NSWADT 3191, Letters to NSW Privacy Commissioner & ors. (January 2009)

2008

Personal Property Securities Bill 2008, Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (December 2008)
Evaluation of the Healthelink Records Pilot, Submission to NSW Health Minister Della Bosca (December 2008)
NHHRC E-Health Discussion Paper, Letter to The Australian (December 2008)
Increased MBS Compliance Audits, Letter to Dept of Health and Ageing (November 2008)
Heart Foundation 2008 ‘Survey’, Letter to the National President, Bruce Carter (November 2008)
Health Information Privacy, Paper presented at Health Privacy Futures Conf., Brisbane (November 2008)
Standard Business Reporting (SBR) Project, Submission to the Commonwealth Treasury (November 2008), and the Program Director's Reply of November, p.1 and p.2
Privacy Legislation in New South Wales, Submission to N.S.W. Law Reform Commission re Consultation Paper 3 (October 2008)
Enforcement of the Do Not Call Register, Policy Update (October 2008)
Body Scanning at Airports, Policy Statement (October 2008)
Victoria's Whole of Health ICT Strategy, Letter to the Minister (October 2008)
Personal Property Securities Reform Regulations, Submission to the Attorney-General's Dept (October 2008)
Anonymous Use of the Adelaide Public Transport System, Letter to the S.A. Transport Minister (October 2008), and the Minister's vacuous response (January 2009)

Release of Patient Records for Medicare Auditing, Letter to Privacy Minister for Human Services (September 2008)
Anonymous Use of Public Roads and Public Transport, Letter to Privacy and Human Rights Commissioners (September 2008), and the replies from:
- NSWPC, p. 1 and p.2 (December 2008)
- OFPC (December 2008)
- OVPC (December 2008)
Secret Provisions of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Must be Made Public, Sign-on to an international movement (September 2008)
Identity Scanning by Registered Clubs, Policy Statement (September 2008)
N.S.W. Government Travel Smartcard, Letter to the N.S.W. Minister for Transport (September 2008)
Misleading Government Claims re N.T. eHealth Implementation, Letter to the Editor of The Australian (September 2008)
Election Challenge – A.C.T. (September 2008)
Privacy Blueprint for the Indivual Electronic Health Record (IEHR), Submission to NEHTA (August 2008)
Google StreetView, Policy Statement (August 2008)
Personal Property Securities Bill 2008, Submission to the Attorney-General's Dept (August 2008)
Info Sheet on Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act, Submission to the Privacy Commissioner (August 2008)
Info Sheet on Privacy Act / Spam Act Interaction, Submission to the Privacy Commissioner (August 2008)
SWIFT Complaint, Further Letter to the Privacy Commissioner (July 2008) re the SWIFT Complaint, Privacy Commissioner's holding reply (October 2007) and utterly inadequate 'substantive' response (June 2008)

Re ANPR, consultation documents from Crimtrac 1, 2, 3, 4, and the PIA Consultant's Meeting Notes of 12 June and 13 June (June 2008)
Re Communications Alliance's lack of attention to privacy, APF Letter (9 June 2008), CA's Reply (19 June 2008), and APF's Further Letter (30 June 2008)
Re the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy, Commentary, and Letter to the Minister for Broadband etc. (June 2008)
Queensland Driver's Licence, further letter to Qld Premier (June 2008), and the reply (November 2008)
Data Breach Notification Guidelines, Submission to the Federal Privacy Commissioner (June 2008)
National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, Submission and Summary (May 2008)
Conduct of 2007 Elections: Postal vote applications mailed by political parties, Joint Stdg Ctee on Electoral Matters (May 2008)
ISP-Level Content Filtering, Policy Position (May 2008)
Media Report re a 'Common Registration Process', Letter to the Prime Minister and Treasurer (May 2008), and the vacuous reply from PM&C (May 2008)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, Supplementary Submission to Senate C'tee (April 2008)
Workplace Email, Policy Statement (April 2008)
Google StreetView, Policy Statement (April 2008)
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affaits C'tee (April 2008)

Card Scheme; and Access Card Documents, letter to Minister for Human Services (March 2008), and the Minister's response (May 2008)
RFID-Tagging in the new ACT Prison, submission to ACT Corrective Services Minister (March 2008), and the Minister's response (April 2008)
Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), Verbal Evidence to Queensland Parltry Travelsafe C'tee - pp. 10-16 (March 2008)
Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), Policy Statement (March 2008)
Biometrics of Visitors to Queensland Correctional Centres, Letter to Qld Minister for Police (March 2008)
Queensland Driver's Licence, Letter to Qld Premier (March 2008), and the Premier's response (May 2008)
Report on Discussions re the APEC Privacy Initiative (February 2008)
Letter of Welcome, to the incoming NSW Privacy Commissioner, Judge Ken Taylor (January 2008)
Automatic Number Plate Recognition Technology (ANPR), to the Queensland Parliamentary Travelsafe Committee (January 2008)
Review of Australian Privacy Law - DP 72 - Pt J Telecommunications, to the ALRC (January 2008 - 11 pp.)
Review of Australian Privacy Law - DP 72 - Pt H Health Services and Research, to the ALRC (January 2008 - 9 pp.)
Demands for the Identity of Library Users, to the State Library of S.A. (January 2008)

2007

Review of Australian Privacy Law - Discussion Paper 72, to the ALRC (December 2007 - 100 pp.)
Publication of CCTV Photos of Passers-By, to AFP and The Canberra Times (December 2007), and reply from the AFP (April 2008)
AML-CTF legislation - Second Tranche, to Minister for Finance and Deregulation (December 2007)
Restricted Access Systems Declarations (re MA15+, R18+ content), submission to ACMA (November 2007)
The State of Media Freedom, 2nd submission to ‘Australia’s Right to Know’ Coalition (October 2007)
Biometrics of Visitors to Queensland Correctional Centres, to Qld Minister for Police (October 2007), and the Minister's Reply, p. 1 and p. 2 (November 2007)

Declaration of Civil Society Organizations on the Role of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, to the Commissioners, in Montréal (25 September 2007)
Swipe Cards in ACT Schools, to ACT Minister for Education (September 2007)
AML-CTF legislation - Second Tranche, to Shadow Attorney-General (September 2007)
AML-CTF legislation - Second Tranche, to Attorney-General's Dept (September 2007)

Unsolicited Commercial Faxes or ‘Fax Spam’, to DCITA (30 August 2007)
Access Card Bill, re 2nd Exposure Draft, submission to Dept of Human Services (August 2007)
RFID Tagging of Prisoners, submission to A.C.T. Human Rights Commissioner (August 2007), and the Commission's response (December 2007)
Scanning of Identification Documents, submission to Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (August 2007)
The State of Media Freedom, submission to ‘Australia’s Right to Know’ Coalition (August 2007)
Use of IPND information to provide Location Dependent Carriage Services (LDCS), submission to DCITA (August 2007)
Access Card Briefing Document (August 2007)

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007, submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee (July 2007)
Workplace Privacy, submission to Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (July 2007)
Election Challenge 2007 (July 2007)
The Howard Government's Proposed National ID Scheme, slide-set for presentation to U3A (July 2007)
RFID-Tagging in the new ACT Prison, submission to ACT Corrective Services Minister (July 2007), and the Minister's response (August 2007)

Tenancy Database Regulations, submission to Cth AGs re Draft Privacy (Private Sector) Amendment Regs (June 2007)
'What we do (and still don’t) know about the proposed 'Access Card': An Information Paper with questions for the Government, and answers for the public', Version 2, for the public (May 2007)
EFTS Code Review, submission to ASIC (May 2007)
Draft Telecommunications (Do Not Call Register) (Telemarketing and Research Calls) Industry Standard Variation 2007: Proposed ‘Sunday call’ variation, Submission to ACMA (May 2007)
Access Card: Registration, Submission to the Task Force (13 April 2007)
Further Dilution of the Do Not Call Register, Submission to ACMA (13 April 2007)

The Access Card - A Way Forward, Letter to Incoming Minister Ellison (30 March 2007)
Credit Reporting Provisions, ALRC Issues Paper No. 32 (March 2007)
Access Card: Emergency Medical Info (Discussion Paper #2), to Access Card Taskforce (March 2007)
Submission to NeHTA re UHI Blueprint (March 2007)
'The Access Card fallacies and facts' (Public Forum, Canberra, March 2007)
Draft Consumer Privacy Code of Practice on RFID in Retail (March 2007)
Postal Voting, Australian Electoral Commission (March 2007)
Responses to Questions on Notice, Senate Committeere Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 (March 2007)
IPND Scheme and Legislative Instruments, to ACMA and DCITA (March 2007)
Government Agency Coercive Information-Gathering Powers, to the Administrative Review Council (March 2007)
Letter to Parties re NSW Election regarding their Privacy Platform (March 2007)
Speech to Senate C'tee re Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 (March 2007)

Submission to Senate C'tee re Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 (February 2007))
Submission to NSW Ombudsman re 'Lockdown powers' Issues Paper, Dec 2006 (February 2007)
Subm. to Senate C'tee re AusCheck Bill 2006 (February 2007)
Subm. to Cth AGs Dept re Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Bill 2007 Exposure Draft (February 2007)
Letter to Minister Campbell re banks and 'Access Card' (February 2007)
Letter to Privacy Commissioner re SWIFT Complaint of Jul/Oct 2006 (February 2007)
Subm. to AGs re 'Personal Properties Securities - 1. Registration and Search' (February 2007)
Letter to Office of Access Card (February 2007)
Subm. to ALRC privacy review (February 2007)

Letter to new Human Services Minister Ian Campbell re the 'Access Card' (January 2007)
Subm. to Dept of Human Services re Access Card Bill (January 2007)
Letter to NSW Premier Iemma re appointment of a Privacy Commissioner (January 2007)
Letter to Victorian Premier Bracks re appointment of a Privacy Commissioner (January 2007)

2006

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006, plus Supplementary 1 and Supplementary 2, to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee (November 2006)
Telecommunications Amendment (Integrated Public Number Database) Bill 2006, to Senators (November 2006)
NSW Education Bill – an unjustified threat to privacy: letters to Minister and Shadow Minister (14 November 2006)
'The Access Card – fallacies and facts', Speech at public forum (9 November 2006)
Breach of Privacy Act by Australian Financial Institutions (through SWIFT), to Privacy Commissioner (October 2006)
Market and Social Research Privacy Code, to AMSRO (October 2006)

Privacy Legislation Amendment (Emergencies and Disasters) Bill 2006, to Senate Legal and Constitutional C'tee (September 2006)
Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation, to Productivity Commission (September 2006)
Taxation Security and Disclosure Provisions, to Dept of Treasury (September 2006)
Calling Number Display, with CTN, to Communications Alliance (September 2006)
Proposed Telemarketing Standard, to ACMA (September 2006)
Privacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006, to Privacy Commissioner (August 2006)
Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006, to A/G's and AusTRAC (August 2006)
Access to Court Records, to N.S.W. A/G's (July 2006)
Submission to national ID card ('Access Card') task force, with covering letter (July 2006)
SWIFT - disclosures of Australians' financial information without warrant to the USA, to Privacy Commissioner (July 2006)
Why every Australian should oppose the 'Access Card' (July 2006)

Spot the difference: national ID card proposals (June 2006)
Do Not Call Register Bill 2006, to a Senate Committee (June 2006)
Extradition Law and Practice, to Attorney-General's Dept (April 2006)
Charging for unlisted numbers (Silent lines), to OFPC, TIO, ACMA and ACCC (April 2006)
Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorism Financing Legislation, to Attorney-General's Department and AUSTRAC (April 2006)
Identity checks for pre-paid mobile phones, to ACMA (April 2006)

Ethical Conduct in Human Research, to NH&MRC (March 2006)
Anti-Money Laundering / Counter-Terrorism Financing Legislation, to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (March 2006)
Genetic Testing Policy of the Investment and Financial Services Association Ltd (IFSA), to ACCC (March 2006)
Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006, to Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee (March 2006)
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2005, to Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee (March 2006)
Security Legislation Review, Clth A/G's, Supplementary Submission (February 2006)
Costs of Consumer Codes, to ACMA (February 2006)
Review of the Spam Act, to DCITA (February 2006)
Terrorism (Extraordinary Temporary Powers) Bill 2005, to ACT Government (January 2006)
Citizenship Bill and Biometric Identifiers, to a Senate Committee (January 2006)
Security Legislation Review, Clth A/G's (January 2006)

2005

Application to the ACCC re the ADMA Code (December 2005)
Letter to the Federal Privacy Commissioner re the ACT Government (December 2005)
Letter to the NSW Privacy Commissioner (December 2005)

Reply from the NSW Privacy Commissioner (December 2005)
The Documents that the NSW Privacy Commissioner says don't need to remain publicly available (but we do), safely stored on the Wayback Machine:

A Guide to the Workplace Video Surveillance Act 1998 (NSW) (February 2002), mirrored here
Position Paper on the Health Records & Information Privacy Bill 2002 (June 2002), mirrored here
Position Paper on Child Offenders (July 2002), mirrored here
The Tape Recording of Council Meetings (May 2004), mirrored here

Letter to the Tasmanian Ombudsman (December 2005)
Submission re a Do-Not-Call Register, to DoCITA (November 2005)
Submission re Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee (November 2005)
Submission to ACIF re the Code for the Handling of Life Threatening and Unwelcome Calls (November 2005)
Submission to the Human Gene Patents and Genetic Testing Advisory Group (November 2005)
Briefing on proposed new Anti-Terrorism Bill (October 2005)
Submission to a Senate Committee re Video-Link Evidence (October 2005)
Submission re ACMA Consultation Paper: Disclosure of CLI to 190 Service Providers (October 2005)
Submission re Review of the Queensland Club Industry Privacy Code (October 2005)

'E-tags are another example of surveillance by stealth' (SMH Ope-Ed Piece by Chair Anna Johnston, 25 August 2005)
ACMA re Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) (31 July 2005)
ACCC and ASIC re Debt Collection (29 July 2005)
Open Letter to Coalition MPs re a National Id Scheme (28 July 2005)
Federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD (25 July 2005)
Senate Telecommunications Regulation Inquiry (14 July 2005)
ABS's Privacy Impact Assessment of Census Proposals (11 July 2005)

'Big Brother to watch the days of our lives': Submission to the ABS on proposed changes to the Census (7 June 2005)
Commentary on the OFPC's Privacy Act review report (6 June 2005)
Opening Statement to Senate Committee on the Privacy Act Review (18 May 2005)
Review of Access to Communications under Telecomms (Interception) Act (May 2005)
Analysis of NSW Workplace Surveillance Bill (May 2005)
6th Letter to DFAT re Passports Act Amendments (April 2005)
NSW Minister for Education & Training re Student ID Card Proposal (April 2005)

Senate Committee re Review of the Privacy Act - Supplementary (March 2005)
The NSW Photo Card Bill ‚ How To Fix It (March 2005)
Senate Committee re Review of the Privacy Act (March 2005)
From Commonwealth Attorney-General, Ruddock, re Document Verification System (9 March 2005)
Australian Statistician re Census 2006 (8 March 2005)
OFPC re Medicare and PBS Guidelines (February 2005)
HREOC re Employment Discrimination based on Criminal Records (February 2005)
Victorian Privacy Commissioner re Privacy Impact Assessment Guidelines (February 2005)
31 Questions for the NSW Minister for Roads about the Photo Card Bill 2004 (February 2005)
Review of the NSW Photo Card Bill 2004 (February 2005)
NSW Minister for Roads - 2nd Letter re Drivers' Licence Photo Card Bill 2004 (February 2005)
To Commonwealth Attorney-General, Ruddock, re Document Verification System (February 2005)
Australian Privacy Commissioner re Document Verification System (February 2005)
Australian Privacy Commissioner re Privacy Impact Assessment Guidelines (February 2005)
Letter to The Australian re Support for FoI Appeal (January 2005)
NSW Minister for Roads - 1st Letter re Drivers' Licence Photo Card Bill 2004 (January 2005)
Letter to the Editor re Beach Cameras (January 2005)
N.S.W. Police re Numberplate Recognition Technology (January 2005)
Australian Privacy Commissioner re Numberplate Recognition Technology (January 2005)
Aust Communications Authority: Regulatory Issues re VoIP (January 2005)

2004

Review of the Private Sector Provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (December 2004)
Letter to Victorian Police re Strategies for Handling Organised Crime (December 2004)
Vic Law Reform Commission re Workplace Privacy Options Paper (November 2004)
IIA and ACA re Draft Spam Code (November 2004)
ACIF re Unfair Consumer Contracts (November 2004)
NSW Parliamentarians re State Records Amendment Bill 2004 (October 2004)
Summary of Responses to APF's Election Challenge to Political Parties, including the ALP, Democrats and Liberals (October 2004)
FOI Request for Submissions re the Anti-Money Laundering Reform (AML) process (September 2004)
APF's Election Challenge to Political Parties (August 2004)
N.S.W. Attorney-General re Workplace Surveillance Bill (August 2004)
Transcript of Evidence to Qld Crime and Misconduct Commission re: Police Radio Communications Access (29 July 2004)
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee re Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004 (June 2004)
Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission re: Police Radio Communications Access (June 2004)
e-Health Issues from a Health Consumer's Perspective (June 2004)
Attorney-General re Telecommunications Interception Bill (1 June 2004)
5th Letter to DFAT re Passports Act Amendments (31 May 2004)
Subsequent Correspondence with NSW Attorney-General's Dept (19 May 2004)
To Australian Communications Authority re Customer Information (18 May2004)
Summary of To NSW Attorney-General's Dept re Review of NSW Privacy Act (17 May 2004)
To NSW Attorney-General's Dept re Review of NSW Privacy Act (17 May 2004)
Mobile Location, to the Australian Communications Authority (30 April 2004)
Google GMail Service - Letter to Federal Privacy Commissioner (23 April 2004)
Clth Attorney-General re Employee Records (16 April 2004)
Letter to the E.U. regarding misleading assurances by the Australian Government re the protection of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data, and detailed letter to the Attorney-General (5 April 2004)
Biometrics Institute Draft Privacy Code of Practice (30 March 2004)
Recommendations for Improvements to APEC Privacy Principles [HTML](19 March 2004)
Anti-Money Laundering Reforms (19 March 2004)
4th Letter to DFAT re Passports Act Amendments (15 March 2004)
Letter to DFAT re U.S. Fingerprinting of Australians (5 March 2004)
3rd Letter to DFAT re Passports Act Amendments (2 March 2004)
2nd Letter to DFAT re Passports Act Amendments (25 February 2004)
Position on Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2004 (February 2004)
ACCC re ADMA Application for revised Direct Marketing Code of Practice (February 2004)
DFAT re Proposed Revision of the Passports Act (February 2004)

2003

NSW Health re Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002: Draft Statutory Guidelines (November 2003)
Submission to Queensland Transport re the proposed Smartcard-based Driver's Licence (November 2003)
Letter to the Opposition and Cross-Benches re the Privacy and Personal Information Protection (Amendment) Bill (NSW), to disestablish the 28-year-old N.S.W. Privacy Commission and in other respects weaken privacy protections [PDF] (November 2003)
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission re CyberCrime Inquiry (August 2003)
Submission re the South Australian Criminal Law Consolidation (Identity Theft) Amendment Bill 2003 (August 2003)
Report by representatives on the Austrac Privacy Consultative Committee to Privacy, Consumer and Civil Liberties Groups (August 2003)
Letter to Standards Australia re Handbook on Management of IT Evidence (May 2003)
Submission to the Australian Casino Association re its draft Privacy Code (May 2003)
Letter to the NSW Electoral Commissioner (May 2003)
Letter to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission re the Cybercrime Inquiry (April)
Submission to the National Health Privacy Working Group of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council on the Draft National Health Privacy Code (April 2003)
Letter to N.S.W. Liberal Party re Toll Booths (February 2003)
Submission to the OFPC on draft Information Sheet: "Taking reasonable steps ...." (January 2003)
Submission re the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Issues Paper: "Workplace Privacy" (January 2003)
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on ALRC Discussion Paper 66, August 2002, on Protection of Human Genetic Information (January 2003)

2002

Submission to OFPC on draft Information Sheet: Questions and Answers about Privacy and Personal Information that is Publicly Available (December 2002)
Submission to the Federal Privacy Commissioner re Credit Reporting Determination 2002 No 1 (Classes of Credit Providers) (10 November 2002)
Submission to the A.C.A. re ENUM (2 November 2002)
Submission to Australian Communications Industry Forum on draft revised Calling Number Display Code of Practice (DR C522) (November 2002)
Submission to Consumer Policy Division of the Commonwealth dept of Treasury, on the review of the MCCA Model Code of Practice on Direct Marketing (October 2002)
Submission to National Office of the Information Economy investigation into possible control of unsolicited emails (Spam) (May 2002 - APCC)
Submission to OFPC on Consultation Paper on Privacy - Collection of Publicly Available Personal Information (September 2002)
Submission to Attorney-General's Dept Review of Pt 1D of Crimes Act (Crimtrac) (September 2002)
Submissions to OFPC on Application from ACHA Health for Public Interest Determination (July and August 2002)
Submission to OFPC on Public Interest Determination Procedure Guidelines (July 2002)
N.S.W. Office of State Revenue on Review of N.S.W. Fines Act (June 2002)
Submission to Australian Communications Authority consultation on a draft Internet Services Provider Guideline re Consumer Information (May 2002 - APCC)
Submission to Australian Communications Industry Forum on Draft Industry Guideline on Consultation with Consumer Representatives (May 2002 - APCC)
Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry into Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2002 (April 2002 - APCC)
Submission to ALRC/AHEC Inquiry into the Protection of Human Genetic Information (March 2002 - APCC)
Submission to Victorian Privacy Commissioner's Inquiry on Building Permit information (March 2002 - APCC)
Submission to Privacy Commissioner on Public Interest Determination application on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions - researchers access to case files (March 2002 - APCC)
Contact with parliamentarians about DSD surveillance; Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2002; Australian Protective Services merger into Federal Police (March 2002 - APCC)
Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the Proceeds of Crime Bill 2002 (February 2002 - APCC)
Letter to Federal Privacy Commissioner (jointly by APCC, APF and ACA) concerning consultation on draft Codes of Practice. (February 2002 - APCC)

2001

Submission to Internet Industry Association on the IIA draft Privacy Code of Practice (October 2001 - APCC)
Submission to an Inquiry by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the National Crime Authority (August 2001 - APCC)
Cybercrime Bill 2001, Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee (July 2001 - APCC)
Public Key Infrastructure, O ffice of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (July 2001 - APCC) (Word97 document, with revision-markings)
Draft NPP Guidelines, Privacy Commissioner (July 2001 - APCC)
Dept of Health and Aged Care's BMMS (July 2001 - APCC)
Code Development Guidelines, Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (June 2001 - APCC) (Word97 document, with revision-markings)
Proposed Code of Practice for disclosures of personal information outside New South Wales, Privacy NSW (May 2001 - APCC)
Submission to the auDA Model Competition Advisory Panel re privacy aspects of the whois database (March 2001)

2000

Inquiry into the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (August 2000)
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee re Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 (filename Submission Senate Aug 00) (August 2000 - APCC)
Senate Select Committee on Information Technologies re e-Privacy (July 2000 - APCC) (filename Senate e-Privacy Inquiry July 0)
House of Representatives Committee Inquiry re the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000 (May 2000 - APCC) (Cwth May 00.doc)
Proposed National Privacy Legislation (January 2000 - APCC) (CwthJan00.doc)

1999

Inquiry into the Management of Tax File Numbers, by the House of Representatives Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration (October 1999)
Proposed legislation for the protection of privacy in the private sector (October 1999 - APCC) (CwthSept99.doc)
House of Representatives Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration Inquiry into the Management of Tax File Numbers (October 1999 - APCC) (Reps TFN Inquiry.doc)
Model Forensic Procedures Bill and the Proposed National DNA Database (July 1999 - APCC) (DNA.doc)
Comments on A.C.C.C.'s Draft Determination re the Application By A.D.M.A. For Code Authorisation (June 1999 - APCC) (ADMA Code3.doc)
Review of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Legislation Amendment Bill 1999 (April 1999 - APCC) (ASIO1.doc, ASIO2.doc)
Telecommunications Interception, March 1999 (TI Reviews.doc)
Senate Committee Inquiry re Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) (January 1999 - APCC) (Senate Telco Inquiry.doc)
Victorian Data Protection Bill Discussion Paper (January 1999 - APCC) (Victorian Bill 99.doc)

1998

National Pharmacy Intranet Demonstration Project (November 1998)
Application By A.D.M.A. For A.C.C.C. Authorisation - Supplementary Submission (November 1998 - APCC) (ADMA Code2.doc)
Application By Australian Direct Marketing Association For A.C.C.C. Authorisation Of A Code Of Conduct (October 1998 - APCC) (ADMA Code1.doc)
Senate Select Committee on Information Technology Inquiry into Self-Regulation (Senate IT Inquiry.doc)
Senate Legal & Constitutional References Committee's Privacy Inquiry (June 1998 - APCC) (Senate Privacy Inquiry.doc)

1997

Joint Committee On Public Accounts Inquiry Into Internet Commerce (November 1997 - APCC) (JCPA Inet Inquiry.doc)
AHEC (Aust Health E? Council?) re draft guidelines for the Protection of Privacy in the Conduct of Medical Research, Date? (Nhmrcsb1.doc)
Financial System Inquiry (January 1997 - APCC) (Fsisb2.doc)
Federal Office of Road Safety re Intelligent Transport Systems (January 1997 - APCC) (Forsub1.doc)

1996

Austrac's Social Policy Working Group Discussion Paper (October 1996 - APCC) (Atracsb2.doc)
Financial System Inquiry (the Ralph Review) (October 1996 - APCC) (Fsisb1.doc)
Victorian Data Protection Advisory Council (October 1996 - APCC) (Mvicsb1.doc)
Austrac's Privacy Committee (October 1996 - APCC) (Atradsb1.doc)
Austrac's Electronic Task Force and its Social Policy Working Group (October 1996 - APCC) (Austrac.doc)

A Selection of Submissions Prior to 1996

ALRC and the Admin Review Council's Joint Review of the Freedom of Information Act (May 1995 - APCC) (Foisub1.doc)
Submission to a Select Committee of the N.S.W. Parliament on the N.S.W. Privacy and Data Protection Bill 1994 (30 June 1994)
National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC) (30 January 1994)
Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Banking, Finance and Public Administration's Inquiry into Fraud on the Commonwealth (8 July 1992)
Submission to the AUSTEL Inquiry into Telecommunications Privacy (27 February 1992)
Evidence to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs re the Pharmaceutical Benefits Transfer to the Health Insurance Commission (June 1991)
Seminar and Submission re the Data Matching Legislation (November 1990)
Seminar and Submission re the Extension of the Privacy Act 1988 to the Credit Industry (May 1989)
Submission re the Extension of the Tax File Number (1989)
Submissions re the Privacy Bill 1988 (1988)
Submissions and Petition re the Australia Card Bill (September 1987)

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