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[1]        Proof Journals of the Senate, No 50 – Wednesday 9 August 2017, p. 1638.

[2]        The darkweb refers to web content that is only accessible with the use of an https address or encrypted software, such as TOR or peer-to-peer. The darknet can use overlay networks which encrypt internet communications, making them anonymous and hiding the IP address.  A darknet trader is someone anonymously operating a business on the darkweb.

[3]        Paul Farrell, 'The Medicare machine: patient details of "any Australian" sold on darknet', The Guardian Australia, available at https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/04/the-medicare-machine-patient-details-of-any-australian-for-sale-on-darknet, (accessed on 15 August 2017).  

[4]        Committee Hansard, 21 October 2015, pp. 154-156.

[5]        The Document Verification Service (DVS), managed by the Attorney-General's Department, is an online system that allows organisations, including businesses with a reasonable need to use a government identifier, to take information from a person's identity document with the person's consent, and compare that record against the corresponding record of the document's issuing agency. The checks are conducted in real-time to inform decisions that rely on the confirmation of a person's identity. The DVS is a key tool for organisations that are seeking to prevent dealings with any person who may be using fraudulent identities. See Attorney-General's Department pamphlet, Document Verification Service, available at: https://www.ag.gov.au/RightsandProtections/Identity/Security/Pages/DocumentVerificationService.aspx (accessed on 21 August 2017).

[6]        For example, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), s.4 and Pt 2.

[7]        Department of Human Services, Submission 7, p. 4.

[8]        Department of Human Services, Submission 7.

[9]        Media Release: Independent review of health provider's accessibility to Medicare number, The Hon Alan Tudge MP, Minister for Human Services, and The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health, 10 July  2017 https://www.mhs.gov.au/media-releases/2017/07010-independent-review-health-service-providers-accessibility-medicare-card-numbers, accessed  18  August  2017; see also, Dr Bartone, Australian Medical Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017,  p. 3.

[10]      Professor Peter Shergold AC, Dr Bastian Seidel, President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Dr Michael Gannon, President, Australian Medical Association, and Dr Kean-Seng Lim, Australian Medical Association, Discussion Paper, Independent Review of Health Providers' Access to Medicare Card Numbers, Department of Human Services, available at: https://www.humanservices.gov.au/organisations/health-professionals/subjects/independent-review-health-providers-access-medicare-card-numbers (accessed on 30 August 2017).

[11]      National Digital Health Strategy – Safe, seamless and secure: evolving health care to meet the needs of modern Australia, approved by the Council of Australian Governments in August 2017: https://digitalhealth.gov.au/australias-national-digital-health-strategy; accessed 21 September 2017.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 15.

[13]      Australian Digital Health Agency, Proof Committee Hansard, pp. 16 – 17.

[14]      Australian Digital Health Agency, Submission 4, p. 2. See also, Royals Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 3; Australian Medical Association, Submission 11.

[15]      Department of Human Services, Submission 7, p. 7; see also Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[16]      Future Wise, Submission 9; Centre for Internet Safety, Submission 1.

[17]      Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia, Submission 12.

[18]      Paul Power, eHealth Privacy Australia, Submission 8.

[19]      Department of Human Services, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 16.

[20]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 11, p. 2.

[21]      Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 3; Department of Human Services, Submission 7; Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia, Submission 12.

[22]      Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia, Submission 12.

[23]      Dr Kidd, Australian Medical Association, Proof  Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 2; Dr R Hosking, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Proof Committee Hansard, September 2017, p. 2.

[24]      Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 3, p. 3, paragraph g.

[25]      Department of Human Services, Submission 7, p. 4.

[26]      For example, Future Wise, Submission 9; see also Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[27]      For example, Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Submission 8; see also Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[29]      Future Wise, Submission 9.

[30]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 11.

[31]      Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 3.

[32]      Centre for Internet Safety, Submission 1; Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Submission 2; Professor Danuta Mendelson and Dr G Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6; Shaun McCarthy, Associate Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, University of Newcastle, and Professor Susan Balandin, Deakin University, Submission 10.

[33]      Future Wise, Submission 9.

[34]      Australian Medical Association, Submission  11; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 3.

[35]      Dr Kidd, Australian Medical Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, pp. 2, 3.

[36]      Dr Kidd, Australian Medical Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, pp. 1–2.

[37]      The Department of Human Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p, 22; see also p. 26.

[38]      Australian Digital Health Agency, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 16.

[39]      Department of Human Services, Submission 7, p. 15.

[40]      Australian Digital Health Agency, Submission 4.

[41]      Centre for Internet Security, Submission 1.

[42]      Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Submission 8; see also Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[43]      Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Proof Committee  Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 13.

[44]      Professor Danuta Mendelson, and Dr Gabrielle Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6; Future Wise, Submission 9.

[45]      Future Wise, Submission 9.

[46]      Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Submission 8; see also Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[47]      Professor Danuta Mendelson, and Dr Gabrielle Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6.

[48]      Professor Danuta Mendelson, and Dr Gabrielle Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6.

[49]      Professor Danuta Mendelson, and Dr Gabrielle Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6.

[50]      Professor Danuta Mendelson, and Dr Gabrielle Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6; see also Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017.

[51]      Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 12.

[52]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Submission 2; Professor Danuta Mendelson, and Dr Gabrielle Wolf, Deakin University, Submission 6; Department of Human Services, Submission 7.

[53]      Department of Human Services, Submission 7, pp 11 – 15.

[54]      Department of Human Services, Submission 7, pp. 11 – 15.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 26.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 1.   

Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens - Circumstances in which Australians' personal information has been compromised and made available for sale illegally on the 'dark web'

[1]        Majority committee report, p. 10.

[2]        RACGP, Submission 3, p. 3; Dr David Glance, Submission 2, p. 2.

[3]        Majority committee report, p. 11.

[4]        Australian Digital Health Agency, Committee Hansard, 15 September 2017, p. 24.

[5]        Future Wise, Submission 9, p.11.

[6]        Majority committee report, p. 11.

[7]        Majority committee report, p. 7.

[8]        Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Submission 8, p. 2.

[9]        Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Submission 8, p.3.

[10]      Future Wise, Submission 9, p.7.

[11]      Future Wise, Submission 9, p.9.

[12]      Future Wise, Submission 9, p.7.

[13]      Paul Power, eHealth Privacy, Submission 8, p.2.

[14]      Dr Robert Merkel, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/after-the-medicare-breach-we-should-be-cautious-about-moving-our-health-records-online-80472.

[15]      Future Wise, Submission 9, p.6.

[16]      Future Wise, Submission 9, p.7.

[17]      Future Wise, Submission 9, p.10.