About
The National Legislation Discussion Group provides a forum where participants can openly raise, discuss and debate various trends and issues faced by the superannuation industry in the development and implementation of legislation.
The discussions encompass a variety of legislative developments including prudential regulation, corporate and financial services regulation, anti-money laundering, privacy, taxation, insolvency, and other regulatory policy developments impacting on superannuation, as well as the implications of significant recent case law.
Discussion Group Chair
Sarah Penn, Mayflower Consulting
Topic
Privacy: proposed reforms to the Privacy Act, privacy law and enforcement:
- The legislative reforms passed last year (‘Tranche 1’) – those now in effect, and those to commence in 2026
- New enforcement posture from the regulator
- The proposed ‘Tranche 2’ reforms
Speaker
Anna Johnston – Helios Salinger
Anna is one of Australia’s most respected experts in privacy law and practice and founded Salinger Privacy in 2004. In 2022, Anna was honoured for her ‘exceptional leadership, knowledge and creativity in privacy’ with the IAPP Vanguard Award, one of five privacy professionals recognised globally whose pioneering work is helping to shape the future of privacy and data protection. In 2023, Anna was appointed a Senior Fellow, Global Privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum in Washington DC, in recognition of her “thought leadership and extraordinary ability to convey the state of play and foresight of data protection and privacy law developments in Australia”.
Agenda
- Welcome, acknowledgement of country and introductions.
- Matters arising
- ASFA Update
- Guest Speaker – Anna Johnston, Helios Salinger
- Other issues and general business
