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Australia flags new corporate penalties for privacy breaches

Australia has proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals

The Independent UK

A Huge New Fine For Customer Data Breaches Has Been Revealed Optus Must Be Shitting Itself

The federal government has flagged the introduction of new laws that will punish companies for allowing customer data to be hacked.

Pedestrian.tv

Australian companies to face fines of $50m for data breaches

In wake of Optus and Medibank leaks, serious or repeated breaches of customer information will attract heavy penalties under new legislation

The Guardian - AU

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Optus and Medibank hacks prompt government to increase fines for massive data breaches to a minimum of $50 million

The financial penalty imposed on companies that suffer serious or repeated privacy breaches will be increased to at least $50 million.

ABC News

Julian Assange: Australian government urged to show ‘courage’ against US over charges

Jennifer Robinson, a human rights lawyer who represents Assange, says ‘the future ahead for Julian is grim’

The Guardian - AU

National anti-corruption commission: Bar too high for public hearings, say critics

Australia risks establishing a national anti-corruption commission that’s too weak to effectively expose wrongdoing, experts say.

The New Daily

National anti-corruption commission's 'exceptional circumstances' test for public hearings could be misused, lawyers warn

Designs for a National Anti-Corruption Commission could be misused to prevent public hearings, lawyers and senior former politicians warn, as the federal government defends an "exceptional circumstances" test for open hearings.

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NSW’s refusal to allow UN inspectors in prisons ‘raises questions’, human rights commissioner says

Lorraine Finlay says state government’s decision means Australia is ‘failing to live up to the promises it made to the world’

The Guardian - AU

Australians overwhelmingly agree ‘stealthing’ should be a crime, study finds

A majority aren’t familiar with the term for non-consensual removal of condom during sex, a criminal act in four jurisdictions, so reporting is low

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange’s supporters call on Australian government to provide update on talks with US

Campaign adviser says public should be told of any progress on securing Assange’s release if he is extradited from UK

The Guardian - AU

Why Indigenous voice matters for everyone

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney says a change to the constitution to recognise First Nations people would bring about a better future.

AAP

Attorney-General’s pledge to fed up voters

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says a national anti-corruption commission will be legislated this year to bring back trust and transparency to politics.

The New Daily

Attorney-General's pledge to fed up voters

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says a national anti-corruption commission will be legislated this year to bring back trust and transparency to politics.

AAP

Information commissioner spends more than $560,000 in legal fees to defend FOI delays

Former senator Rex Patrick launched federal court action last year over OAIC’s slow freedom of information request review process

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The Guardian - AU

Push to scrap Australia privacy exemptions for political parties due to risk of data breaches

Digital Rights Watch says cyber-attacks on political parties in 2019 narrowly avoided a breach that would have caused ‘unimaginable damage’

The Canberra Times

Collaery urges govt to lead 'breakout solution' for 'prisoner of conscience' Assange

Prominent lawyer Bernard Collaery issued a challenge to the Albanese government to free the WikiLeaks founder.

The Guardian - AU

Legal opinions split on whether Andrew Thorburn could argue discrimination over Essendon resignation

One lawyer says the matter contrasts with Israel Folau’s sacking, as views weren’t actually expressed

The Guardian - AU

Judge adjourns hearing of tax whistleblower Richard Boyle for one day

Both parties asked to ‘have a crack’ at coming to an agreed set of facts in first judicial test of public interest disclosure legislation

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The Conversation

The High Court of Australia has a majority of women justices for the first time. Here's why that matters

In appointing Justice Jayne Jagot to the High Court, the Albanese government has made history: for the first time, the court will have a majority of women on its bench.

AAP

Whistleblower case stalls over legal issue

Action by a tax office whistleblower to try to block his prosecution has been stalled after a judge refused to proceed without the facts of the case before her.

AAP

Call to end ATO whistleblower prosecution

The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Commonwealth to withdraw its prosecution of tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle.

The Guardian - AU

Select group of Optus customers should cancel licences and passports immediately, minister says

Clare O’Neil says Optus has emailed 10,200 customers who had their records posted online after 10 million people affected in larger cyber hack

The Guardian - AU

Anti-corruption body could examine Scott Morrison over Coalition’s ‘sports rorts’, Labor suggests

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus insists new commission ‘is not an exercise in political payback’ and says it could tap phones of federal politicians

ABC News

Attorney-general warns politicians after confirming integrity commission could access encrypted texts on WhatsApp and Signal

Australia's Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus warns that the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation will see the body have the ability to tap the phones of politicians, even if they are messaging on encrypted apps.

AAP

'Everyone needs to watch out': Dreyfus

Once a warrant is obtained, the commission will be able to tap the phones of politicians - even the prime minister's - under sweeping ASIO-like powers.

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