In our TurkAlert of March 2016 we foreshadowed the publication of the NSW parliamentary report on proposals for amending the law to combat serious invasions of privacy. On March 3 2016 as scheduled, the report was issued with seven recommendations.

On 5 September 2016, as scheduled, the NSW Government issued its response to the report. In the response the Attorney General explained that while there is interest in amending the criminal law of NSW, there is at present no plan in NSW to introduce a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy. Further progress on the reform of the civil law in the area will depend on a nationally coordinated approach, which seems to be some way off yet.