<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en"> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> <title>The Office of the Privacy Commissioner</title> <link href="/css/default_css.asp" rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 { color: #FF0000; font-weight: bold; } --> </style> </head> <body> <table cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="570"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <h1>Australian Privacy Awards &amp; Australian Privacy Medal 2008</h1> <P><span class="style1">WINNERS: </span><a href="http://www.privacy.gov.au/news/media/2008_26.html">www.privacy.gov.au/news/media/2008_26.html</a></P> <P>The Australian Privacy Awards aim to encourage, recognise and reward businesses, government agencies and not-for-profit organisations that engage in good privacy practices. For detailed information on the Awards see: <A href="nomination_form.pdf">PDF</A>.</P> <P>The Australian Privacy Medal aims to provide acknowledgement to an individual who has exhibited an outstanding level of achievement in advancing privacy in Australia. For detailed information on the Medal see: <A href="medal_form.pdf">PDF</A>.</P> <P>The inaugural Awards and Medal programs form part of the of events celebrating the <A href="/about/priv20/index.html">20th anniversary</A> of the passage of the first privacy legislation through the Parliament of Australia.</P> <H2>Timeline</H2> <P>Nominations opened - 9 April 2008<BR> Nominations closed - 9 July 2008<BR> Presentation dinner - 27 August 2008 (<a href="http://www.privacy.gov.au/invite_with_booking_form.pdf">Booking Form</a>)</P> <HR> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="33%"> <H2>Media Releases:</H2></TD> <TD width="67%"> <H2>Speeches and other information:</H2></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <P>Launch&nbsp;media release <A href="/news/media/2008_04.html">here</A></P></TD> <TD>Launch speech by Senator the Hon John Faulkner <A href="/about/awards/sp06_08.html">here</A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Finalists media release <a href="/news/media/2008_13.html">here</a></TD> <TD>Launch speech by Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis <A href="/about/awards/sp07_08.html">here</A></TD></TR> <tr> <td>Presentation media release <a href="http://www.privacy.gov.au/news/media/2008_26.html">here</a></td> <td>Presentation speech by Senator the Hon John Faulkner <a href="/news/speeches/sp11_08.html">here</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Presentation speech by Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis <a href="/news/speeches/sp10_08.html">here</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Pictures from the 2008 Awards Dinner (in Privacy Matters) <a href="/news/privacymatters/200804/200804.pdf">PDF</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Video of The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG receiving the inaugural Australian Privacy Medal <a href="video.html">(7 minutes)<br> </a><br> <a href="video.html"><img src="kirby_video.jpg" alt="Kirby Privacy Award Video Image" width="282" height="138" border="0"></a></td> </tr> </TBODY></TABLE> <br/> <hr> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=600 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=270> <H2>Major Sponsors</H2></TD> <TD width=80>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=270><A href="http://www.symantec.com/en/au/index.jsp"><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height=70 alt="symantec logo" src="images/symantec.jpg" width=270></A></TD> <TD width=80>&nbsp;</TD> <TD><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/en/au/default.aspx"><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height=40 alt="microsoft logo" src="images/microsoft.jpg" width=250></A></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=270> <H2>&nbsp;</H2> <H2>Executive Sponsor</H2></TD> <TD width=80>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=270><A href="http://www.claytonutz.com"><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height=25 alt="clayton utz logo" src="images/clayton.jpg" width=250></A></TD> <TD width=80>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=270> <H2>&nbsp;</H2> <H2>Sponsor</H2></TD> <TD width=80>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=270><A href="http://www.afc.asn.au/"><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height=60 alt="afc logo" src="images/afc.jpg" width=60></A></TD> <TD width=80>&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <HR></A></P> <p><a href="">Return</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>