Bill
Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-03-31. Prime Minister portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Prime Minister
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2020-12-09
- second reading — 2022-03-30
- second reading — 2022-03-30
- committee — 2022-03-30
- third reading — 2022-03-30
- introduced — 2022-03-30
- second reading — 2022-03-30
- third reading — 2022-03-30
- passed — 2022-03-30
- royal assent — 2022-03-31
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-12-09.
The bill would create a new system for sharing Australian Government data.
Commonwealth bodies could give accredited users controlled access to public sector data for specific public interest purposes, with privacy safeguards.
The National Data Commissioner would oversee the scheme and educate data custodians, and non-compliance could be an offence or civil penalty.
- Establishes a scheme for sharing Australian Government data.
- Authorises Commonwealth bodies to share public sector data with accredited users.
- Creates the National Data Commissioner to regulate the scheme.
- Makes non-compliance with scheme obligations an offence or civil penalty.
Commonwealth bodies, accredited users, and data custodians.
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