Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces

Personal Information

By providing a submission to this Review, you consent to the Commission collecting and using the information you provide for the purposes of the Review.

The Commission will produce a report on the findings of the Review. The Commission will also produce a progress update and other materials in connection with the Review. The reports and materials will be published on the Commission’s website under a Creative Commons licence with the contents available to be used freely for other purposes.

The Commission will treat your name and personal information confidentially. Your name and other personal or identifying information will not be published in the report, or in any other Commission publication. If you consent to your submission and name being published on the Commission website, while your name may be published in the report and any other Commission publications, your personal information will be treated confidentially.

The information you provide may be drawn upon, quoted or referred to in the public report and other resources produced by the Commission in connection with the Review, but will not be attributed to you, and will not be used if its use could identify you or others.

The Archives and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (Cth) provides additional protections to ensure confidentiality. This Act provides participants in the Review with assurance that any submissions they make to the Review will be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) and will not come into an open access period under the Archives Act 1983 (Cth)for 99 years.

Information (including personal information) collected during the course of the Review will be stored in accordance with the Archives Act 1983 (Cth), the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth).

Further information regarding the personal information handling practices of the Commission is available on the Commission’s website, specifically in the Privacy Policy.

Reporting Obligations

While the Commission does not expect many young people to contribute to the Review, in certain circumstances, Commission staff and others involved in this Review may be obligated under relevant State and Territory laws to report to the relevant authorities, an act that involves abuse to a child, or an act that is a ‘serious indictable offence’. This is known as ‘mandatory reporting’. Mandatory reporting obligations may also arise in cases of suspected risk of future abuse or harm or incidents of historic child sex abuse. Whether mandatory reporting obligations are triggered in the course of this Review will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

If the Commission is not required by law to report an act, it may still make a voluntary report to the relevant authorities, in circumstances where the Commission is concerned that serious harm has occurred, or is occurring, or may occur in the future, in accordance with the Commission’s Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy.

The Commission may also be required to report to relevant authorities in other circumstances.

If you would like any further information or have any questions concerning this Review, please contact the Review team via email at CPWReview@humanrights.gov.au or via phone on (02) 9284 9799.