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Progress made, but more to do: Information Commissioner’s follow-up audit highlights privacy training improvements and gaps

June 11, 2025 - 4:20pm

Today the Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly tabled in Parliament the Information Commissioner’s,‘Follow-up of Report No. 1 for 2022-23: Mitigating the risks of privacy breach through staff education’.

Introducing the OIC Agency Portal: launching 1 July

June 11, 2025 - 11:11am

The Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) will launch the OIC Agency Portal on 1 July. The secure online platform has been designed to help agencies covered by the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023 to meet their reporting obligations under the new Mandatory Notification of Data Breach (MNDB) scheme.

Audit on Responding to access requests for government-held information

June 10, 2025 - 11:02am

Today, the Chair of the Justice, Integrity and Community Safety parliamentary committee tabled the Information Commissioner’s audit report about responding to access requests for government-held information.

Application fee and processing charge increasing from 1 July 2025 

June 9, 2025 - 1:16pm

In line with the Acts Interpretation (Fee Unit) Regulation 2022, the Right to Information Act 2009’s application fee and processing charges will increase on 1 July 2025.