Albanese government to fast-track laws to punish doxxing

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has spoken on the government’s pledge to fast-track laws to punish those who release the personal details of others online after a group of 600 Jewish people were doxxed last week. The new laws will criminalise the publication of a person’s private details, which include their name, email, address and phone number, with the intent to harm. The plans follow the publication of the personal details of nearly 600 Jewish creatives by anti-Zionist activists last week. “No Australian should be targeted because of their race or because of their religion,” Mr Dreyfus said at a press conference on Tuesday. “The Albanese government committed last year to stronger protections for Australians through reforms to the Privacy Act. “The Prime Minister has asked me to bring forward, as part of that set of reforms to the privacy act, some new provisions to deal with this practice of doxxing, with the malicious use of people’s personal information without their consent.”