Hannah Gollasch 
10/11/2025 Recently, the Privacy Commissioner, Carly Kind found that Vinomofo Pty Ltd, an online wine wholesaler, interfered with the privacy of individuals whose personal information it held in its database. In December 2018, Vinomofo commenced a data migration project to update its system for managing customer data, which included migrating customers’ personal information to a …
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07/11/2025 From 1 July 2026 employers are required to pay superannuation to employees in the same week that employees receive their pay. On 4 November 2025 the Australian Government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025 to introduce the Government’s payday superannuation reforms. The Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025 has also been …
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22/10/2025 The Federal Court recently ordered Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) pay $5.8 million in civil penalties following a mishandled ransomware attack in 2022. As noted by Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind, “for the first time, a regulated entity has been subject to civil penalties under the Privacy Act…” On 25 February 2022, Medlab Pathology, now a …
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22/10/2025 Welcome to our October 2025 integrity and anti-corruption update. Our updates cover the work of the integrity and anti-corruption bodies at a National, State and Territory level, and from time-to-time updates from other government bodies with integrity related functions. We limit commentary on current investigations or public enquiries. National Anti-Corruption Commission With no substantive …
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22/10/2025 Welcome to our first integrity and anti-corruption update. Our updates will cover the work of the integrity and anti-corruption bodies at a National, State and Territory level, and from time-to-time updates from other government bodies with integrity related functions. National Anti-Corruption Commission Following a consistent theme across integrity and corruption bodies of issuing guidance …
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17/10/2025 On 29 September 2025, the ACNC updated their Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement (CIS) on Public Benevolent Institutions (PBIs) to reflect recent consultation with the charity sector and the 2024 Federal Court decision of Equality Australia Ltd v Commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission [2024] FCAFC 115 (“Equality Australia Decision”). Equality Australia is an …
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24/09/2025 Fair Work Ombudsman – Supermarket Underpayments: Lessons for Employers In the recent consolidated proceedings of Fair Work Ombudsman v Woolworths Group Limited; Fair Work Ombudsman v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd; Baker v Woolworths Group Limited; Pabalan v Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 1092, the Fair Work Ombudsman and class action lawyers …
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24/09/2025 Australian retail giant Kmart’s facial recognition practices have been found to have breached Australia’s Privacy Act. The Privacy Commissioner, Carly Kind, of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), handed down her determination on 26 August 2025. Kmart deployed facial recognition (FR) cameras in 28 of its stores during a pilot program between …
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24/09/2025 The Australian Charities and Non-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has recently published information about its new regulatory focus area for 2025/26 – effective record-keeping. The ACNC’s regulatory focus areas are informed in part by concerns received from the public as well as ACNC looking to areas of emerging risks, informed by data and stakeholder engagement. ACNC …
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22/08/2025 In 2022, Optus suffered one of the most notorious data breaches since the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme began in 2018. The data breach affected approximately 9.5 million Australians, being current and former Optus customers who all had varying amounts of their personal information stolen by hackers. The information stolen included names, dates of birth, …
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