By Justin Hendry on May 7, 2021 1:31PM After more than two years of consultation. The NSW government has published an exposure draft of its long-awaited bill for mandatory data breach notifications, specifying reporting thresholds ahead of the planned introduction of the scheme. The exposure draft [pdf], which is open for consultation until June 18, follows more than two years of work by the departments of Communities and Justice and Customer Service, as well as the privacy commissioner. The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill intends to fill the gap left by the Commonwealth’s notifiable data breach scheme, which applies to federal government agencies but not state government agencies or local councils.