Compliance and audit reports
Latest report
On 21 April 2026, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly tabled our report: ‘Camera surveillance through the privacy lens: Local government use of camera surveillance in public spaces and privacy impact assessments’.
Local governments adopted strategies to mitigate or manage privacy risks. While there were privacy impact assessments with elements of good practice, they did not address all issues or cover all camera holdings. We make six recommendations to local governments and government agencies operating camera surveillance in public spaces.
Tabled reports
2025-26
- Camera surveillance through the privacy lens: Local government use of camera surveillance in public spaces and privacy impact assessments
- Prioritising privacy to keep victims safe: A review of the disclosure of domestic and family violence victims’ addresses to offenders by the Queensland Police Service
2024-25
- Mitigating the risks of privacy breach through staff education. How three government agencies implemented our recommendations. Follow-up audit on Report No. 1 for 2022-23
- Audit on responding to access requests for government-held information
- Administrative access to documents held in public schools: How the Department of Education implemented our recommendations: Follow-up audit on Report No. 2 for 2021-22
- Audit of administrative access to medical records held in hospital and health services
- Minimising Personal Information Held: Reducing the risk of privacy breaches
2023-24
- Audit report - ‘Reporting on RTI and IP statistics - Survey results about reporting on the operation of the Right to Information Act 2009 and the Information Privacy Act 2009’
- Follow-up audit of Publishing information about waste management
- Audit report – Publishing information about council meetings and councillor discretionary funds
- Follow-up audit – Sunshine Coast Regional Council
2022-23
2010 - 2022
2021-22
- Audit report – Administrative access to information – How the Department of Education managed access to documents held in schools
- Compliance audit report - Sunshine Coast Regional Council
2020-21
- Minimum reporting requirements: Personal interests, gifts and benefits, overseas travel
- Follow-up audit report - Bundaberg Regional Council
- Follow-up audit - Awareness of privacy obligations
- Audit report - Disclosure logs - Queensland Government departments
- Privacy and Public Data Audit Report
2019-20
- Follow-up report - Townsville City Council
- Compliance Audit - Bundaberg Regional Council
- Follow-up report - Ipswich City Council
2018-19
- 10 Years on
- Follow up report - Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
- Follow up report - Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
- Audit of information management maturity
- Audit of awareness of privacy obligations
2017-18
- Follow-up of review recommendations Council of the City of Gold Coast
- Compliance audit – Ipswich City Council
- Compliance audit – Townsville City Council
- Privacy and mobile apps
2016-17
- Desktop Audits 2016-17 - Website Compliance with Right to Information and Information Privacy — Hospital and Health Services
- Follow-up of review recommendations - Queensland Universities
- Compliance review report - Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
- 2016 Right to Information and Information Privacy Electronic Audit
- Results of Desktop Audits 2014-16
2015-16
- Compliance Review – Council of the City of Gold Coast
- Follow-up of review recommendations Department of Education and Training
- Follow-up of review recommendations Rockhampton Regional Council
- Camera surveillance and privacy – follow-up review
2014-15
- Compliance Review – Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service
- Compliance Review – Queensland Universities
- Results of Desktop Audits 2013-14
2013-14
- Compliance Review – Rockhampton Regional Council (PDF, 2827.83 KB)
- Report on privacy in complaint handling systems (PDF, 1836.86 KB)
- Follow-up of review recommendations: Department of Transport and Main Roads (PDF, 198 KB)
- Compliance Review - Department of Education, Training and Employment (PDF, 3000.01 KB)
- Follow-up of review recommendations (Queensland Health and Queensland Police Service) (PDF, 427.77 KB)
- Results of Desktop Audits 2012-13 (PDF, 394.53 KB)
- 2013 Right to Information and Information Privacy Electronic Audit
2012-13
2011-12
- Go card follow-up report (PDF, 300.22 KB)
- Department of Transport and Main Roads compliance review (PDF, 923.82 KB)
- Queensland Police Service compliance review 2011 (PDF, 714.42 KB)
2010-11
- Public sector attitudes towards RTI reforms (PDF, 367.43 KB)
- Public awareness of RTI reforms (PDF, 327.07 KB)
- Go card disclosure (PDF, 793.26 KB)
- Queensland Health compliance review 2010 - 2011 (PDF, 1019.95 KB)
- Agency Progress on Right to Information Reforms 2010-11
- Desktop audits results 2010 (PDF, 175.98 KB)
