Justice
Guide
Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products
This guidance is intended to assist organisations to comply with their privacy obligations when using commercially and freely available AI products, in particular generative and general-purpose AI tools. Overall, it is recommended organisations do not enter personal information into publicly available generative AI tools due to the significant and complex privacy risks involved.
Discussion paper
Whistleblowing while you work
A whistleblower rewards system would empower regulators to reveal and prosecute corporate and white-collar criminal behaviour and create a more competitive and scrupulous economy in Australia, according to this discussion paper. It draws on the success of similar systems overseas to propose a scheme funded by fines for offenders.
Report
National review of child sexual abuse and sexual assault legislation in Australia
This review was commissioned to support implementation of the Standing Council of Attorneys-General Work Plan to Strengthen Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault 2022–2027, which emphasises the importance of strengthening legal frameworks where required to ensure victims and survivors have improved justice outcomes and protections. It explores any gaps and inconsistencies in the legislative landscape...
Discussion paper
Review of AI and the Australian Consumer Law
AI is a fast-evolving class of technologies. AI may impact a range of economic activities and boost productivity growth. This discussion paper seeks views on whether the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) remains suitable to: protect consumers who use Artificial Intelligence (AI); support the safe and responsible use of AI by businesses.
Report
Who makes the law? Reining in the Supreme Court
Examining recent Supreme Court decisions that have sparked widespread concern among legal scholars, practitioners, and politicians, this report warns of a looming constitutional crisis in New Zealand, as the Supreme Court increasingly oversteps its bounds, threatening the balance of power between the courts and Parliament.