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On 10 December 2025, the Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly tabled in Parliament the Information Commissioner’s report: ‘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’.

The report follows a review under section 135(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) of the QPS’s privacy policies, procedures and systems in the context of its disclosure of domestic and family violence victims’ addresses to offenders.

The Review considered the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) that were in effect prior to 1 July 2025 and found that the QPS contravened three IPPs when addresses of domestic and family violence victims were disclosed to offenders. This put the victim’s safety and security at risk, and in some cases, enabled the offender to commit further harm. The QPS’s policies, procedures and systems failed at both a technical and administrative level. The Information Commissioner’s Review recommendations seek to strengthen the personal privacy protections of victims’ personal information held by the QPS and enhance the support the QPS provides to members of the public making a privacy complaint.

Since August 2024, the Information Commissioner found the QPS has made a concerted and comprehensive effort to implement whole-of-business solutions to mitigate the risk of further unauthorised disclosures.

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