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Tuesday, 24 February 1981
Page: 5

To the Honourable the President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of the undersigned citizens of Australia respectfully showeth.

That we are gravely concerned by the invasion of privacy caused by Government agents seizing patients' medical records.

Your petitioners most humbly pray that the Senate, in Parliament assembled, should:

Legislate to protect the private and confidential nature of medical records from scrutiny except on the express and informed consent of the patient or an order from a presiding judge.

And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.

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