Job losses to affect Australian privacy watchdog's 2025 activities: documents (*update)
By Saloni Sinha ( January 8, 2025, 06:52 GMT | Insight) -- Australia’s cash-strapped privacy watchdog had been preparing to cut staff and wind back its operations in early 2025 due to budget cuts, at the very time that its responsibilities had increased with the introduction of new laws and a social media ban, documents reveal. A briefing note published today by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner details the impact of a May 2024 budget cut that resulted in the agency reducing its total operating funds by 23 percent, or $6.9 million.Australia’s cash-strapped privacy watchdog had been preparing to cut staff and wind back its operations in early 2025 due to budget cuts, at the very time that its responsibilities had increased with the introduction of new laws and a social media ban, documents reveal....
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