Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Senate Hansard, 12 October 2016, p. 1640.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 15, 10 November 2016, p. 448.

[3]        The Hon Malcom Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Australian Government Public Data Policy Statement, 7 December 2015, p. 1.

[4]        The Hon Malcom Turnbull MP, Prime Minister, Australian Government Public Data Policy Statement, 7 December 2015, p. 2.

[5]        Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, 'Amendment to the Privacy Act to further protect de-identified data', Media release, 28 September 2016. www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2016/ThirdQuarter/Amendment-to-the-Privacy-Act-to-further-protect-de-identified-data.aspx (accessed 29 November 2016).

[6]        Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Senate Hansard, 12 October 2016, p. 1642.

[7]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 671.

[8]        Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 18.

[9]        EM, p. 3.

[10]      EM, pp. 5–9.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Mr Justin Warren, Submission 2, p. 2.

[2]        Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 14, p. 2.

[3]        Productivity Commission, draft report, Data Availability and Use, October 2016, pp. 8–9.

[4]        Productivity Commission, draft report, Data Availability and Use, October 2016, p. 11.

[5]        Productivity Commission, draft report, Data Availability and Use, October 2016, pp. 5–6, 12.

[6]        Productivity Commission, draft report, Data Availability and Use, October 2016, p. 12.

[7]        Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 5, p. 1.

[8]        OAIC, Submission 5, p. 2.

[9]        Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, p. 1, and DIGI, Submission 8, p. 3.

[10]      Law Council of Australia (LCA), Submission 10, p. 7.

[11]      Attorney-General's Department (AGD), answers to questions on notice, 19 January 2017 (received 25 January 20017). Refer to ss 20P, 21R and 46 of the Privacy Act 1988.

[12]      Mary Anne Neilsen, Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016, Bills Digest No. 55, 2016–17, Parliamentary Library, Canberra 2017, p. 14.

[13]      AGD, answers to questions on notice, 19 January 2017 (received 25 January 20017).

[14]      Mr Justin Warren, Submission 2, p. 2.

[15]      Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Submission 6, p. 2.

[16]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 2.

[17]      OAIC, Information Policy Resource 1: De-identification of data and information, April 2014, and Privacy business resource 4: De-identification of data and information, April 2014.

[18]      Australian Bureau of Statistics, Sheet 3 – Confidentiality: Managing identification risks, www.nss.gov.au/nss/home.nsf/NSS/D216458568555BF4CA2579330018F598?opendocument (accessed 23 January 2017).

[19]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Process for publishing sensitive unit record level public data as open data, December 2016, https://blog.data.gov.au/sites/g/files/net626/f/process_for_publishing_open_data_dec16.pdf (accessed 23 January 2017).

[20]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 1.

[21]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 2.

[22]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 2.

[23]      'Small business' is defined in s 6D of the Privacy Act as a business with an annual turnover of $3 million or less.

[24]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 3; Rosie Williams, Submission 4, p. 1; Dr Peter Ansell, Submission 3, p. 4; Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 14, p. 3; and Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, p. 2.

[25]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 1.

[26]      Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 12.

[27]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 3.

[28]      NSW Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 13, p. 2.

[29]      Attorney-General's response, Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth report of 2016, 30 Nov 2016 p. 668.

[30]      Mr Andrew van der Stock, Submission 7, p. 3; and Mercury Information Security Services, Submission 9, p. 1.

[31]      Attorney-General's response, Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth report of 2016, 30 Nov 2016 p. 668.

[32]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 6.

[33]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 6.

[34]      LCA, Submission 10, p. 10.

[35]      AGD, answers to questions on notice, 19 January 2017 (received 25 January 20017).

[36]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 1.

[37]      Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, p. 3.

[38]      Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, p. 3.

[39]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 5.

[40]      OAIC, Submission 5, pp. 3–4.

[41]      Proposed subsection 16G(5).

[42]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8 of 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 34.

[43]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8 of 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 34.

[44]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 668.

[45]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 669.

[46]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 669.

[47]      Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 11, p. 3; Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 14, p. 3; and Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, p. 4.

[48]      Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, p. 4.

[49]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 7.

[50]      Dr Peter Ansell, Submission 3, p. 4.

[51]      Dr Peter Ansell, Submission 3, p. 4.

[52]      EM, p. 27.

[53]      EM, p. 27.

[54]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8 of 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 36.

[55]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 4; Mr Justin Warren, Submission 2, p. 4; Dr Peter Ansell, Submission 3, p. 3; LCA, Submission 10, pp. 8–9; Pirate Party Australia, Submission 12, pp. 3–4; and Australian Bankers' Association Inc., Submission 15, pp. 2–3.

[56]      Proposed ss 16D, 16E and 16F.

[57]      Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, 'Amendment to the Privacy Act to further protect de-identified data', Media release, 28 September 2016.

[58]      LCA, Submission 10, p. 9.

[59]      LCA, Submission 10, p. 9.

[60]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8 of 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 37.

[61]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 671.

[62]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 672.

[63]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report: 9 of 2016, 22 November 2016, p. 23.

[64]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 4; Mr Justin Warren, Submission 2, p. 4; Dr Peter Ansell, Submission 3, p. 3; and Pirate Party Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[65]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 4.

[66]      Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 4.

[67]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 3.

[68]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 4.

[69]      AGD, Submission 6, p. 4.

[70]      EM, p. 8.

[71]      EM, p. 8.

[72]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny: 9 of 2016, 22 November 2016, pp. 25-26.

[73]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny:  9 of 2016, 22 November 2016, p. 26.

[74]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8 of 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 33.

[75]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 666.

[76]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 666.

[77]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 666.

[78]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 666.

Dissenting Report of the Australian Labor Party

[1]        NSW Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 13, p. 2.

[2]        Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 3.

[3]        Dr Peter Ansell, Submission 3, p. 2.

[4]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 672; and Law Council of Australia, Submission 10, p. 9.

[5]        Mr Christopher Culnane, Mr Benjamin Rubinstein and Dr Vanessa Teague, Submission 1, p. 4.

[6]        Privacy Amendment (Re-identification Offence) Bill 2016, Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 8.

[7]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 666.

[8]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 666.