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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’.
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.
