General interest comment only:
Within the federal government, the major privacy law revamp currently underway was moved at the end of 2007 from high up at Attorney-General's right to the top of the foodchain at PM&C.
see http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Privacy
IMHO, it's well worth watching this space: http://www.pmc.gov.au/privacy/legislation.cfm
Disclaimer: for general discussion purposes only.
