The dialectical relationship between the Australian census and privacy legislation is about to take another turn.

This article explains what motivated me to get behind the #CensusFail campaign against the 2016 census. The article explains the history of the governance of administrative data and the changes I saw taking place to allow our data held by government agencies to be linked together into data integration projects to be shared with research and commercial interests.

Macquarie university researcher responds to ABS TableBuilder claims.

The Koch brothers’ i360 data service is now being used by the Liberal Party of Australia. This article looks at the history of the organisation and the implications for our privacy and democracy.

What is the difference between spam and phishing and why does it matter?

This article looks at the potential for collusion between the media and political parties, neither of which are covered by the Privacy Act.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is the independent Commonwealth authority charged with governing access to government information and organisations that fall under the Privacy Act. This article traces the early years of the OAIC as it weathers attempts to abolish the office by the Abbott Government.

This article looks at the privacy and security issues like to arise with attempts to move election voting online or through the use of voting machines.