Medical Practitioners Act 1995

   70. Confidentiality of information---(1) Subject to section 71 of this
 Act, no person who obtains any information that became known solely as a
 result of a declared quality assurance activity shall---
   (a) Make a record of that information; or
   (b) Disclose that information to another person or in any judicial
         proceeding---
 except for the purposes of that activity or in accordance with a
 Ministerial authority.

   (2) Subsection (1) of this section applies whether the person obtained
 the information in the course of engaging in the declared quality
 assurance activity, or as a result of a disclosure in accordance with a
 Ministerial authority, or in any other way.

   (3) Subject to section 71 of this Act, no person shall be required---
   (a) To produce in any judicial proceeding any document that was
         brought into existence solely for the purposes of a declared
         quality assurance activity; or
   (b) To disclose in any judicial proceeding any information that became
         known solely as a result of any such activity---
 except where it is necessary to produce the document or disclose the
 information for the purposes of the declared quality assurance activity
 or in accordance with a Ministerial authority.

   (4) This section continues to apply in respect of---
   (a) Information that became known solely as a result of an activity
         that is a declared quality assurance activity; and
   (b) Documents brought into existence solely for the purposes of such
         an activity,---
 even though that activity has since ceased to be a declared quality
 assurance activity.
     Cf. Health Insurance Act 1973 (Aust.), s. 124Y (1), (2), (7)