Reportable Offenders in Australia cannot travel outside the country without special permission. However, if you were convicted of non-reportable offenses and have completed your sentence, nothing is stopping you from getting a passport and leaving the country. Quick Take: Responsible Authority is the secretary to the department of foreign affairs and trade of the Commonwealth … Read more
Tasmania Recording Laws Tasmania’s Listening Devices Act 1991 regulates the use of listening devices to record or listen to private conversations. Tasmania has some of the strictest recording laws in Australia, making it illegal to record a private conversation even if you are a party to that conversation, unless specific exceptions apply. Under Section 5 … Read more
South Australia Recording Laws The Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA) governs the recording of private conversations and activities in South Australia. This legislation came into effect on 18 December 2017, replacing the older Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972. In South Australia, it is illegal to use any listening device to record or listen to … Read more
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is classified as an all party consent jurisdiction with several important exceptions. The territory’s Listening Devices Act 1992 establishes that it is generally illegal to record a private conversation unless you have the consent of all parties involved. Unlike Queensland, Victoria, and the Northern Territory, which allow one party consent … Read more
Northern Territory Recording Laws In Australia’s Northern Territory, the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NT) governs the recording of private conversations and activities. The NT follows a “one-party consent” model, meaning you can legally record a private conversation if you are a party to that conversation, even without the knowledge or consent of other participants. However, … Read more
Queensland Recording Laws In Queensland, recording laws are governed by the Invasion of Privacy Act 1971. Unlike most other Australian states that use “Surveillance Devices” legislation, Queensland frames its recording laws around the concept of privacy invasion, making it one of the more permissive jurisdictions for recording conversations in Australia. Under Queensland law, it is … Read more
Western Australia Recording Laws According to Section 5 of Western Australia’s Surveillance Devices Act 1998, Western Australia is considered an All Party Consent State. This means it is against the law to use, install, or maintain a listening device to record or listen to a private conversation to which that person is not a party. … Read more
Victoria Recording Laws In Victoria, it is against the law to knowingly install, use or maintain a listening device to listen or record a private conversation to which you’re not a party without the consent, express or implied, of all parties to the conversation. This means if you are taking part in a private conversation, … Read more
New South Wales Recording Laws Summary According to section 7(1) of the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW), it is against the law to install, use or maintain listening devices that record private conversations regardless of whether or not you are a party to the conversation. Section 4(3) of the Act clarifies that any device that … Read more