AI and data laws

311 moving · 704 enacted

AustraliaAustraliaLawAct No. 128, 2024

Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024

Amends the Privacy Act 1988 to require a Children's Online Privacy Code, add transparency duties for automated decisions, create a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy and a criminal offence for doxxing.

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

Schedule 2 statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy commences (6 months after Royal Assent unless proclaimed earlier)Jun 10, 2025 1 year ago

Body
Parliament of Australia
Session
47th Parliament
In effect since
Dec 11, 20241 year ago

Timeline

  1. Dec 10 in 4 weeks

    Schedule 1 Part 15 automated decision-making transparency obligations scheduled to apply

  2. Jun 10, 2025 1 year ago

    Schedule 2 statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy commences (6 months after Royal Assent unless proclaimed earlier)

  3. Dec 11, 2024 1 year ago

    Schedule 1 Parts 1 to 7 and 9 to 14 and Schedule 3 (doxxing offences) commence

  4. Dec 10, 2024 1 year ago

    Royal Assent; sections 1 to 4 commence

Australia
Australiaunverified

Digital Duty of Care Bill

The bill requires online services to protect children from digital harms including those involving artificial intelligence.

Passed one chamber
Australia
AustraliaAct No. 15, 2025

Scams Prevention Framework Act 2025

Amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to create a Scams Prevention Framework imposing scam prevention, detection, reporting and response obligations on designated sectors such as banks, telecommunications and digital platforms.

In force
Australia

Children's Online Privacy Code

A binding privacy code being developed by the OAIC under the Privacy Act, as required by the 2024 amendments, to set how online services likely to be accessed by children handle their personal information.

Proposed

Change log

  • AddedAdded to the list. Set by hand from the official record.Sep 27

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