Privacy – Prospective Statutory Right of Action and Statutory Tort

On 16 February 2023 the Commonwealth Attorney General released the “Privacy Act Review Report”.  While a wide ranging document, two aspects of the proposals therein – in respect of which feedback is sought by 31 March 2023 – are the enactment of a direct right of action for breach of privacy and the creation of a statutory tort of privacy. Attached is an extract from the (lengthy) report consisting of the executive summary and portions thereof relating to those two aspects.