Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

First I would say that the state and territory authorities are subject to the provisions of the act. If they breach the act in their use or application of the data, they would be subject to the penalties contained therein. They are, of course, subject to the operation of the Privacy Act 1988 in all of their work as well. I'm not sure if there is a specific issue you are seeking to clarify, but in the general I expect and the government expects that, by the passing of this bill, state and territory authorities who are dealing with the data are subject to its provisions and would be caught within that.