<P> The New Zealand Law Commission said of privacy in Australian law in 2009: </P> <P> "The current landscape in Australia includes federal and state information privacy legislation, some sector - specific privacy legislation at state level, regulation of the media and some criminal sanctions . Regarding civil causes of action for invasion of privacy, however, the current position in Australia is unclear . There have been some indications by the courts that a tort of invasion of privacy may exist in Australia . The Australian Law Reform Commission has recommended the enactment of a statutory cause of action for invasion of privacy ." </P> <P> There is no statutory definition of privacy in Australia . The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) was given a reference to review Australian privacy law in 2006 . During that review it considered the definition of privacy in 2007 in its Discussion paper 72 . The ALRC found there is no "precise definition of universal application" of privacy; instead it conducted the inquiry considering the contextual use of the term "privacy". </P> <P> In reaching that conclusion, the ALRC began by considering the concept of privacy: </P>

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