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RealPropertyLawhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/RealPropertyLaw2025-11-14T14:30:50+10:00Real Property Law Overview * In Australia, interests in land are regulated by legislation in each State and Territory that establishes a registry of land titl... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonDatahttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/Data2025-11-14T11:34:58+10:00Data Overview The Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (Cth) (or DAT Act) establishes the Data Availability and Transparency Scheme (or DATA Scheme) to au... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonDirectorsDutieshttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/DirectorsDuties2025-10-10T14:18:44+10:00Directors' Duties Overview * While directors’ duties are grounded in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), common law and equity, their application has evolved sig... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonPrivacyLawhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/PrivacyLaw2025-10-08T11:40:19+10:00Privacy Law Overview Privacy law in Australia is a complicated area of law involving different levels of government and a mix of regulations, including legislati... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonTortLawhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/TortLaw2025-10-08T11:38:23+10:00Torts Overview Historically, Australian common law did not recognise a standalone tort for invasion of privacy. While actions in breach of confidence, defamation... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonContractLawhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/ContractLaw2025-10-08T09:24:47+10:00Contract Law Background * In Australia, contract law is primarily governed by the common law, with specific legislation applying to certain types of contracts... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonMergersAcquisitionshttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/MergersAcquisitions2025-09-12T16:31:46+10:00Mergers Acquisitions Overview * In Australia, takeovers are regulated by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and associated regulatory policy. Takeover rules appl... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonHackingBackhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/HackingBack2025-09-12T13:15:37+10:00Hacking Back Overview and Background “Hacking back” generally refers to proactive steps taken by the victim of a cyberattack to retaliate against an assailant. S... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonInternationalCyberEngagementhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/InternationalCyberEngagement2025-07-09T10:55:30+10:00International Cyber Engagement Overview * The regulation of cyber space at the international level is rapidly developing, predominantly driven by the dual pro... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonTelecommunicationshttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/Telecommunications2025-07-09T10:54:45+10:00Telecommunications Overview * The telecommunications sector is one of Australia's most critical infrastructure sectors and is subject to a comprehensive regul... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonCyberSecurityhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/CyberSecurity2025-07-09T10:51:38+10:00Main.NicholasHodgkinson 05 June 2025 Cyber Security Act Overview In late 2024, the Australian Government passed a significant package of legislation to reform A... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonSecurityOfCriticalInfrastructurehttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/SecurityOfCriticalInfrastructure2025-07-02T14:36:55+10:00Security of Critical Infrastructure Overview The Australian Government’s Critical Infrastructure Resilience Strategy defines critical infrastructure as: “those p... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonLitigationhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/Litigation2025-07-02T14:23:45+10:00Litigation and Investigations Overview The high profile data breaches affecting Optus (September 2022) and Medibank Private (October 2022) ushered in a new era f... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonOnlineContentAndServiceshttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/OnlineContentAndServices2025-07-02T14:14:29+10:00Online Content and Services Overview * The regulation of online content and services in Australia is governed by the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth). The Act est... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinsonComputer-BasedCrimehttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/Computer-BasedCrime2025-07-02T14:08:21+10:00Computer Based Crime Overview * Computer based crimes in Australia are prosecuted under both Commonwealth and state laws. The primary federal offences are con... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinson20232030AustralianCyberSecurityStrategyhttp://austlii.community/foswiki/CyberLaw/AustralianCyberLawMap/20232030AustralianCyberSecurityStrategy2025-07-02T13:09:58+10:002023 2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy Overview and Background * The 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy outlines the Australian Government's p... (last changed by NicholasHodgkinson)NicholasHodgkinson