[569] The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act http://www.republic.org.au/const/cconst.htm.
[570] See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2001/63.html.
[571] See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/qld/QDC/2003/151.html.
[572] Privacy Act 1988 (Cwth) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1988108/longtitle.html.
[573] The Data-matching program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990. http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dpata1990349/.
[574] See Patrick Gunning, Central Features of Australia's Private Sector Privacy Law, Privacy Law and Reporter, Vol. 7, No. 10 1 (2001). Back issues available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/plpr.
[575] Opinion 3/2001 on the level of protection of the Australian Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/media/dataprot/wpdocs/index.htm.
[576] Homepage: http://www.privacy.gov.au.
[577] See http://www.privacy.gov.au/business/codes/index.html.
[578] Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, Statistical overview of complaints and enquiries received by the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner to May2003 http://www.privacy.gov.au/about/complaints/index.html.
[579] Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Case Notes Number 1, available at http://www.privacy.gov.au/act/casenotes/ccn2_03.html.
[580] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca191482/s85zl.html.
[581] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dpata1990349/.
[582] Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, "The results of Research into Community, Business and Government attitudes towards Privacy in Australia." July 31, 2001 http://www.privacy.gov.au/research/index.html#1.1.
[583] "Privacy and the Community: Main Findings" http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/rcommunity.html#4.
[584] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ta1997214/.
[585] Id. Part 13.
[586] See http://www.acif.org.au.
[587] Code C 522. See http://www.acif.org.au
[588] Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ta1979350/.
[589] Section 6 (2) of the Act is very unclear. An industry working party is currently reviewing Guidelines on 'participant monitoring'. See ACIF Guideline G516 http://www.acif.org.au.
[590] See Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 Annual Report http://law.gov.au/www/agdhome.nsf/Web+Pages/696D22E493C27350CA256D480027BCE7?OpenDocument.
[591] Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, "Privacy and the NOIE Spam Report," April 16, 2003 http://www.privacy.gov.au/news/03_01.html.
[592] Homepage http://www.efa.org.au.
[593] Homepage http://www.privacy.org.au.
[594] http://www.health.gov.au/healthconnect.
[595] Karen Dearne, "Medicos Oppose Data Bill," Australian IT, July 24, 2001 http://australianit.news.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,2414429%5E442,00.html.
[596] John Kerin, "Medical E-Files 'Delayed For Poll," Australian IT, July 30 2001. http://australianit.news.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,2460860%255E1286,00.html
[597] Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia, available at http://www.alrc.gov.au/media/2003/mr2905.htm.
[598] "Australia Launches DNA Database to Fight Crime," Reuters, June 20, 2001.
[599] Crimes Act 1914 (as amended) available at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca191482/index.html#s85m. Act, 1989 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca191482/s85zl.html.
[600] See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca191482/index.html#s85m.
[601] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2003/279.html.
[602] http://www.efa.org.au/FOI/clabill2002.
[603] Simon Hayes, "Net anti-FOI bill set to fail," Australian IT, April 15, 2003 http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6283083%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html.
[604] Freedom of Information Act 1982 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/foia1982222/, Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations 1982 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/foiacr432/index.html, Freedom of Information (Miscellaneous Provisions) regulations 1982 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/foipr612/index.html.
[605] See http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pc.nsf/pages/index.
[606] See http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pc.nsf/pages/index.
[607] Workplace Video Surveillance Act 1998 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lda1984181/index.html#s20.
[608] Law Reform Commission, Report 98 (2001) - Surveillance: an interim report http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r98toc.
[609] Listening Devices Act 1984 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/lda1984181/index.html.
[610] http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/pc.nsf/pages/index_hripa.
[611] "Data Protection: Australian State Issues New Guidelines To Help Government Manage Private Data," Privacy Law Watch, August 6, 2002. The OIT Guidelines are available at http://www.oit.nsw.gov.au/pages/4.3.20.S-IM-Privacy.htm
[612] Homepage http://www.privacy.vic.gov.au.
[613] Homepage http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au.
[614] http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/CA256A25002C7735/OrigDoc/~A83B0A7753C148D7CA256C0700197874?OpenDocument&1=30-Current+projects~&2=30-Privacy~&3=25-Issues+Paper~.
[615] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/hraaa1997291/.
[616] http://notes.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislat/legislat.nsf/d989974724db65b1482561cf0017cbd2/33ef7122365a039e69256d55000a938c?OpenDocument.
[617] Privacy Committee Act 1984 (Qld).
[618] Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 (Qld).
[619] Privacy in Queensland, Report No 9, Legal Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee, April 1998, available at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/comdocs/legalrev/lcarc9.PDF.
[620] http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/dept/privacy.htm.
[621] http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/legpol/privacy/index.htm (Tasmania); http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/services/public/privacy_index.html (South Australia); and http://www.ecc.online.wa.gov.au/matrix/priv-wa.htm (Western Australia).
[622] http://www.ministers.wa.gov.au/main.cfm?MinId=06&Section=0607.
[623] For an overview of FOI laws in Australia and links to relevant government sites, see generally the University of Tasmania's FOI Review web pages http://www.comlaw.utas.edu.au/law/foi/.