Region: Australia

Australia’s privacy laws are getting an update — here’s what we recommend
Australians’ privacy hangs in the balance as the government reviews the Privacy Act 1988. Here are the legal changes Australians should fight for.

Surveillance state incoming with Australia’s “hacking” bill
Australia’s new “hacking” bill violates privacy and security, and is bound to have global implications.

To protect human rights, identify and disrupt Australia’s “hacking bill”

Air New Zealand Will Trial Vaccine Passport System On Flights To Australia

‘Immediately Reverse This Decision’: Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets

Joint comments to Australia’s Attorney-General on the review of the Privacy Act

‘Vital’ data sharing deal with US delayed

Digital rights are human rights: Holding Australia, Georgia, Myanmar, and Nauru to account at the U.N.
When member states fail to protect human rights — such as by cutting off internet access in the middle of a global pandemic — we leverage the UPR process to call attention to that failure and press for change.

Australien will internierten Geflüchteten Handys wegnehmen

Snatching away a lifeline: Australia cannot deny asylum seekers mobile phone access
Lawmakers must reject a bill to give the Australian Border Force the right to confiscate mobile phones — a lifeline of information, communication, and documentation — from asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention.