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| Australian Customs
Service (ACS)
| (a) Verifying the identity or status of travellers and consignees
of cargo or postal articles (b) Verifying the
identity and status of importers and exporters (c) Investigating
criminal offences and offences against legislation administered by the ACS (d) Checking the
accuracy of information given to the ACS
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(e) Verifying the identity of individuals on behalf of the
government of another country, or on behalf of a law enforcement
administration, under an international agreement or arrangement
(f) Surveillance purposes Note
At the commencement of this Schedule, the following areas
of the ACS will be using the information for these purposes: - •
Border Division - •
Investigations Branch - •
Intelligence Branch - •
Commercial Division
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| Australian Federal
Police (AFP)
| (a) Identifying or locating offenders, suspects or witnesses (b) Deciding
whether suspects can be eliminated from an investigation
(c) Target
development (d) Intelligence
checks
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(e) Protecting the safety of officers, staff members, AFP employees
and special members
(f) Law enforcement (g) Surveillance Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, AFP Headquarters and each State and
Territory Office of the AFP will be using the information for these purposes
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| Australian
Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
| (a) Identifying or locating suspects or
witnesses (b) Surveillance (c) Law enforcement Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, the following areas of ASIC will be using
the information for these purposes: •Operational enforcement teams •National Intelligence and Analytical Service
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| Australian
Taxation Office (ATO)
| (a) Identifying or locating taxpayers (b) Preventing,
detecting or investigating taxation fraud
Note At the commencement of this
Schedule, the following areas of the ATO will be using the information for
these purposes: •Individuals Non-Business Business Line •Small Business Business Line •Withholding Tax Section •GST Fraud Section
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| Centrelink
| Preventing and detecting fraud relating to identity or incorrect
payments Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, the Detection and Review Team of
Centrelink will be using the information for this purpose
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| ComSuper
| Locating members
and former members for the purpose of protecting public revenue in relation
to the payment of benefits, the recovery of overpayments and the review of
entitlement to benefit Note At the commencement of this
Schedule, the Records Management Unit of ComSuper will be using the
information for this purpose
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| Department of
Defence
| Identifying
debtors in relation to the Department Note At the commencement of this
Schedule, the Accounting Operations unit of the Department will be using the
information for this purpose
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| Department of
Education, Training and Youth Affairs
| Investigating
criminal offences in relation to the Department’s programs Note At the commencement of this
Schedule, the National Investigations Unit of the Department will be using
the information for this purpose
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| Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
| Identifying or locating suspects, debtors or witnesses in relation to
criminal investigations Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, the Compliance, Investigations and
Recoveries Team of the Department will be using the information for this
purpose
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| Department of
Family and Community Services
| Identifying or
locating clients for debt management, determination or correction purposes Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, the Child Support Agency will be using the
information for this purpose
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| Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
| (a) Confirming the identity of passport applicants or identifiers
of documents (b) Verifying
information relating to a passport or an application for a passport (c) Locating
parents who have not lodged an application for a passport, in connection with
seeking consent to issue a passport to a minor
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(d) Assisting in
consular operations to locate next-of-kin in Australia
Note At the commencement of this
Schedule, the Passports Branch of the Department will be using the
information for these purposes
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| Department of
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
| (a) Facilitating travel to Australia, or entry to Australia, for an
Australian citizen who may have lost his or her passport (b) Enabling
airport officers to identify travellers and confirm their status
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(c) Assisting investigations and compliance staff in the detection
of persons suspected of being in Australia unlawfully, or of working without
authority, or of being involved in people smuggling
Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, the Border Control and Compliance Division
of the Department will be using the information for these purposes
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| Department of
Veterans’ Affairs
| Undertaking
reviews of, or research into, the health of former members of the Defence
Force Note At the commencement of this
Schedule, the Disability Compensation Branch of the Department will be using
the information for this purpose
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| National Crime
Authority (NCA)
| (a) Collecting, analysing or disseminating information or
intelligence relating to relevant criminal activities (b) Investigating
matters relating to relevant criminal activities
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(c) Assembling or analysing evidence about offences and suspected
offences
Note At
the commencement of this Schedule, the General Manager, Operations, of the
NCA will be using the information for these purposes
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