Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Faulkner, I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that on Wednesday, 27 August 2008 as part of Privacy Awareness Week 2008, the inaugural Australian Privacy Awards and the Australian Privacy Medal were awarded; and

(b)

congratulates:

(i)

Justice Michael Kirby as the first recipient of the Australian Privacy Medal, for his work over more than two decades on privacy laws and principles not only in Australia but, through his work with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, on the development of the privacy principles that underpin privacy laws throughout the developed world,

(ii)

Medicare Australia for winning the Grand Award for its dedicated implementation of privacy practices throughout the organisation, as well as its commitment to privacy training,

(iii)

the other category winners, including Telstra Corporation (Large Business Award), Australian Dental Association NSW Branch (Community & NGO Award), Child Support Agency (Symantec Government Award), and Data Solutions Australia (Microsoft Small-Medium Business Award), and

(iv)

the Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, for their work initiating these awards, the first of their kind in the world.

Question agreed to.