The collection use and disclosure of personal information by TRA is subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act). Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act contains the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), which prescribe the rules for handling personal information.
The Privacy Act defines ‘personal information’ as:
‘information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably
identifiable:
- whether the information or opinion is true or not; and
- whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not’.
3.4.1 Privacy information
Under the Australian Privacy Principles, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (Department) is required to have a clearly expressed and up to date policy about the way the Department manages personal information. This policy contains information about how you may access the personal information the Department holds about you, and how you may correct any inaccuracies in that information. We will correct your personal information if it is inaccurate (subject to restrictions on such access/alteration of records under the applicable provisions of any law of the Commonwealth).
It also includes information as to how you may make a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles, and how the Department will respond to such a complaint.
A copy of the Department’s privacy policy is available on the Department’s website at https://www.dese.gov.au/privacy.
More information about the Privacy Act, including a copy of the full text of the APPs, can be obtained from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s website at www.oaic.gov.au.
3.4.2 Collection
TRA collects personal information from you for the purposes of:
- processing and assessing your application for a skills assessment or review, under any of the TRA programs as the relevant assessing authority for skilled occupations specified in Instruments made under the Migration Regulations 1994
- confirming authorisation by an applicant of his or her representative or migration agent, and to provide details to that representative or migration agent
- allowing you to make a payment of fees to TRA so you can lodge an application
- allowing TRA to confirm payment and process refunds as applicable
- conducting investigations and ensuring compliance with relevant laws, awards, or standards
- ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth Fraud and Corruption Control Framework (2024) through the investigation of fraud and corruption, including the implementation of fraud and corruption prevention strategies.
3.4.3 Disclosure
TRA may give some or all of the information it collects from you or third parties to Home Affairs, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, the Australian Federal Police, your employer/s, your supervisor/s, your nominated agent or representative, the organisations that issued your qualifications, TRA-approved registered training organisations, agencies providing advice to TRA on qualifications, the Australian Skills Quality Authority, the Reserve Bank of Australia, contractors, the Fair Work Ombudsman and other Australian and state/territory government agencies.
TRA may disclose your personal information to these entities for the reasons that are listed above in the collection section.
Personal information collected by TRA will not be disclosed to any other third party without your consent, except where authorised or required by law.