The Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 commenced on 1 April 2022.

The Office of the National Data Commissioner commissioned an independent Privacy Impact Assessment on the Data Availability and Transparency Bill as introduced to Parliament on 9 December 2020.

Reform of public sector data use will help us build a better Australia. Streamlining and modernising how the Government shares data, while ensuring privacy and security, can support policy and programs, services and research to:

We commissioned an independent Privacy Impact Assessment on the framework that identifies its strengths and weaknesses.