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Watch the PAW 2025 keynote and panel discussion
July 2, 2025 - 11:11am
This year’s Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) launch held in Brisbane/Meanjin on 17 June 2025 is now available. The event brought together experts to discuss the importance of protecting personal information, data breaches and how they can be managed more effectively in the workplace.
Queensland’s new RTI and privacy reforms begin
July 1, 2025 - 8:02am
Today (1 July) marks a special day in Queensland’s privacy and right to information landscape, with commencement of new reforms, designed to strengthen privacy protections for the community and streamline processes to access government held information.
OIC website changes from 1 July with commencement of IPOLA reforms
June 30, 2025 - 12:35pm
To support go-live of the IPOLA Act reforms, OIC’s website will undergo important content changes from 30 June to reflect the new legislation.
Queensland’s new Privacy Commissioner announced
June 16, 2025 - 12:07pm
The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity, The Honourable Deb Frecklington, has announced the appointment of Alexander White as Queensland’s new Privacy Commissioner.
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’.
