Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced that the Australian Law Reform Commission will undertake a new inquiry into the protection of digital privacy. The inquiry will investigate existing privacy statutes and make recommendations on how the government can reduce the risk of serious invasions of privacy.

The Australian Law Reform Commission will report back to the Attorney-General before June 2014.

For further information, and to access the terms of reference, see Protecting privacy in the digital era (Media release, 12 June 2013).