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Comment: Privacy-law update could offer Australia a chance to catch up with other jurisdictions

By Laurel Henning
  • 10 Mar 2022 03:34
  • 10 Mar 2022 03:34
The long overdue revamp of Australia’s privacy legislation is set to be handed to the winners of a national election expected to take place in the first half of this year, with the review of the country’s outdated 1988 rules expected to drag the new government into an international privacy-policy debate.
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Laurel Henning

Senior Correspondent


Laurel is a senior correspondent specializing in competition law, data privacy and security, in Australia and New Zealand. Laurel reports from Sydney on criminal-cartel legislation and white-collar crime, as well as competition and consumer lawsuits involving companies including Google, Meta Platforms and Apple. While at MLex Laurel has also reported boardroom disputes and shareholder campaigns agitating for changes to company strategy. Laurel joined MLex in 2013 and reported for five years on European energy and climate policies from Brussels. In that time, Laurel covered the regulation of emissions and technological developments pertaining to the energy sector within the EU, as well as the Paris agreement in 2015. A graduate of the University of Liverpool, Laurel studied English and French before beginning a career in journalism with MLex.

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