[4] The ALRC summarised the position in 2007:[2]: para 5.12, 5.14 "In Australia, no jurisdiction has enshrined in legislation a cause of action for invasion of privacy; however, the door to the development of such a cause of action at common law has been left open by the High Court in Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (Lenah Game Meats).
[5] To date, two lower courts have held that such a cause of action is part of the common law of Australia.
[8][9] In 2013, Attorney-General of Australia Mark Dreyfus QC MP again referred the issue of privacy to the ALRC.
[10] An Attorney-General discussion paper notes: On 26 March 2015 both Houses of Parliament passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015, which received royal assent on 13 April 2015.
[12] The Act implements recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) Report of the Inquiry into Potential Reforms of Australia’s National Security Legislation by amending the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to: