This report recommends 45 changes to the handling of claims of client legal privilege over material sought by federal investigatory bodies and royal commissions of inquiry. The inquiry found general support for maintaining privilege as a fundamental right of clients, which only should be abrogated or modified in exceptional circumstances. However, privilege must be balanced...

This paper contains 42 proposals aimed at addressing lengthy and costly disputes over client legal privilege in federal investigations.

Do Australians feel that their privacy is adequately protected? Is it possible for privacy laws to keep up with technology such as data matching, facial recognition and even body odour measurement? Do younger people care as much about privacy as their elders? These are some of the questions being asked in this issues paper. It...

This law reform blueprint contains 301 proposals for overhauling Australia’s complex and costly privacy laws and practices. The ALRC proposes a single set of privacy principles for information-handling across all sectors and all levels of government, making it easier and less expensive for organisations to comply and much more simple for people to understand their...

This issues paper examines the issues raised by the terms of reference for this inquiry, which asked the ALRC to consider whether it would be desirable to modify or abrogate legal professional privilege in some areas in order to achieve more effective performance of Commonwealth investigatory functions, clarify and harmonise existing provisions, and introduce or...