'Only one piece of the puzzle': Baird government calls for national privacy laws

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated December 10 2016 - 1:23am, first published 12:00am
Gabrielle Upton is leading the push for new laws to tackle serious invasions of privacy. Photo: Steven Siewert
Gabrielle Upton is leading the push for new laws to tackle serious invasions of privacy. Photo: Steven Siewert
Mr Lloyd Babb SC Director of Public Prosecutions says the offence could apply where both parties are minors.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Mr Lloyd Babb SC Director of Public Prosecutions says the offence could apply where both parties are minors. Photo: Wolter Peeters

The NSW government is leading a push for national laws to allow people to sue for damages for serious invasions of privacy, as it pursues separate state-based reforms to criminalise revenge porn.