Federal and State privacy legislation

Federal and State privacy legislation @
http://www.privacy.gov.au/privacy_rights/laws/

New South Wales
The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act) deals with how all New South Wales public sector agencies manage personal information. It also sets out the role of the Office of the New South Wales Privacy Commissioner.
While the PPIP Act applies primarily to the New South Wale public sector, it gives the New South Wales Privacy Commissioner the power to investigate and conciliate privacy breaches by organisations and individuals who are not public sector agencies.
The Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (HRIP Act) came into effect on 1 September 2004. It governs the handling of health information in the public sector, and it also seeks to regulate the handling of health information in the private sector in New South Wales. In December 2004 Privacy NSW developed four statutory guidelines under the HRIP Act. These guidelines are legally binding documents that define the scope of particular exemptions in the health privacy principles.
Relevant New South Wales laws include:
Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002
Freedom of Information Act 1989
State Records Act 1998
Criminal Records Act 1991 (Spent Convictions)
Listening Devices Act 1984
Workplace Surveillance Act 2005
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) (New South Wales) Act 1987
Access to Neighbouring Land Act 2000, esp. s.16 and s.26.
Crimes (Forensic Procedures) ACT 2000