The Federal Attorney-General Michelle Rowland is releasing draft legislation, to tackle new technologies including smart glasses and artificial intelligence.
The proliferation of cheap smart glasses have challenged the relevance of Australia's existing privacy laws.
Meanwhile, tech firms are gobbling up huge reams of data to help train AI models, often with little regard for people's privacy or copyright.
Labor plans to introduce the proposed new laws into parliament by the end of the year.
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Kimberlee Weatherall, Professor of Law at University of Sydney researching technology and the law