Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Professor Moira Paterson teaches and researches in field of information law, with a key focus on freedom of information, privacy and data protection, health records and public records law.
She is the author of Freedom of Information and Privacy in Australia: Government and Information Access in the Modern State (LexisNexis, 2005) and Freedom of Information and Privacy in Australia: Information Access 2.0 (LexisNexis, 2015)and is a co-editor of Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives, Emerging Challenges in Privacy Law: Comparative Perspectives (CUP, 2014). She has also published numerous book chapters, journal article, principally on freedom of information and privacy-related topics.
Moira has been a Chief Investigator on 6 research projects, including three projects funded by the Australian Research Council, and has also completed several research consultancies and contracts for a variety of government and private sector organisations.
She has been a member of of the Victorian Firearms Appeals Committee since 2007 and was the FOI Editor of the Australian Administrative Law Service from1995 to 2018. She has also served as a member of the former Privacy Advisory Committee to the Australian Information Commissioner, as a member of Advisory Committees to the ALRC (in respect of its Privacy Act 1988 and Commonwealth secrecy laws references) and to the VLRC (in respect of its privacy in public places reference), and as an Honorary Consultant to the Australian Press Council (in relation to its High Court amicus curiae brief in McKinnon v Commonwealth 2006).
Related Links
- A number of Moira’s articles are available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=63958 and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Moira_Paterson.
- Moira also maintains a profile at http://monash.academia.edu/MoiraPaterson.
Supervision interests
Freedom of Information
Privacy
Data Protection
Health Records Law
Monash teaching commitment
LAW5000 Australian Legal Reasoning and Methods SEM1/T1
LAW1111 Foundations of Law SEM 1
LAW5317 Principles of privacy and freedom of information SEM 2
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Criminal Records Checks, Spent Convictions
- Freedom of Information
- Privacy
- Health Records
- Data Protection
- Surveillance
- Big Data
- Public records
Network
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Real-time rights-based recordkeeping governance
Evans, J., Paterson, M., Castan, M. & Shepherd, E.
12/12/20 → 11/12/23
Project: Research
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iappANZ Prize for LAW5317 Principles of Provacy and Freedom of Information(the Prize)
1/06/19 → 1/06/24
Project: Research
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Privacy risks and harms for children and other vulnerable groups
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
18/10/20 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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Geographical Indications for Wine in Australia’s Free Trade Agreements
Davison, M., Paterson, M., Spagnolo, L., Henckels, C. & Bonadio, E.
6/04/20 → 5/04/22
Project: Research
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Adtech and children’s data rights
Archbold, L., Clifford, D., Paterson, M., Richardson, M. & Witzleb, N., 2021, In: University of New South Wales Law Journal. 44, 3, p. 857-877 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Micro-targeting in political campaigns: political promise and democratic risk
Witzleb, N. & Paterson, M., 2021, Data-Driven Personalisation in Markets, Politics and Law. Kohl, U. & Eisler, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 223-239 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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The Australian COVIDSafe app and privacy: lessons for the future of Australian privacy regulation
Witzleb, N. & Paterson, M., 2021, Pandemics, Public Health Emergencies and Government Powers: Perspectives on Australian Law. Bennett, B. & Freckelton, I. (eds.). 1st ed. Sydney NSW Australia: Federation Press, p. 165-180 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Big Data, Political Campaigning and the Law: Democracy and Privacy in the age of Micro-Targeting
Witzleb, N. (ed.), Paterson, M. (ed.) & Richardson, J. (ed.), 2020, 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge. 258 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
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Open government and privacy in an era of big data analytics
Paterson, M., 2020, Free Speech, Privacy and Media: Comparative Perspectives. Weaver, R. L., Cole, M. D., Friedland, S. I., Fairgrieve, D., Koltay, A. & Raynouard, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Durham NC USA: Carolina Academic Press, p. 165-176 12 p. (Global Paper Series; vol. XI).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Activities
- 4 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and Centre for Commercial Law and Regulation Studies, Attorney-General’s Department Review of the Privacy Act 1988, Submission in response to the Discussion Paper
Yee-Fui Ng (Contributor), Moira Paterson (Contributor), Marilyn Pittard (Contributor) & Normann Witzleb (Contributor)
20 Jan 2022Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Castan Centre Submission to the Attorney-General Department in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Online Privacy and Other Measures) Bill 2021(‘Online Privacy Bill’)
Moira Paterson (Contributor) & Normann Witzleb (Contributor)
6 Dec 2021Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Castan Centre Submission to Attorney-General’s Department's Review of the Privacy Act 1988, Submission to Issues Paper
Normann Witzleb (Contributor) & Moira Paterson (Contributor)
29 Nov 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Castan Centre Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19
Heli Askola (Contributor), Kevin Bell AM QC (Contributor), Maria O'Sullivan (Contributor), Moira Paterson (Contributor) & Normann Witzleb (Contributor)
2 Jun 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press / Media
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UE: l'Australie fourbit ses armes sur le prosecco et ellles sont acerees
Mark Davison, Caroline Henckels, Lisa Spagnolo & Moira Paterson
9/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Popping Prosecco's bubble: geographical indications and the prosecco war
Mark Davison, Caroline Henckels, Lisa Spagnolo, Moira Paterson & Patrick Emerton
23/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Blogs
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Government announces $100K grant for researchers to help protect Prosecco
Mark Davison, Moira Paterson, Caroline Henckels & Lisa Spagnolo
13/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Are EU kidding? Australian government wages wine war with European bureaucrats who want us to stop describing bubbly as Prosecco
Mark Davison, Moira Paterson, Caroline Henckels & Lisa Spagnolo
13/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Government to fund Prosecco research
Mark Davison, Moira Paterson, Caroline Henckels & Lisa Spagnolo
13/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature