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Tasmania has no general optical surveillance statute, so a security camera's video is largely unregulated. Its audio is governed by the Listening Devices Act 1991 s.5, the real trap for CCTV owners.
Recording your own phone call in Tasmania is governed by the Listening Devices Act 1991 s.5, not federal wiretapping law. A broad personal-use exception covers most private recording that is never shared.
South Australia has no dedicated workplace surveillance Act. Recording a colleague or manager is governed by the Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA) s.4, the Fair Work Act, and the federal employee-records exemption.
South Australia's Surveillance Devices Act 2016 regulates security camera video under s.5 and audio under s.4 separately. Most consumer CCTV records sound, which is judged under the stricter listening-device rule.
Recording your own phone call in South Australia needs consent, a lawful interest, or the public-interest exception under the Surveillance Devices Act 2016 s.4. Federal interception law rarely applies to your own call.
Queensland has no dedicated workplace surveillance Act, and its general law has no video provision at all. What actually governs employer monitoring and employee recording at work.
Queensland has no video surveillance law at all, so a home security camera's footage sits almost entirely outside the Invasion of Privacy Act. The microphone is a different story.
Why recording your own phone call is outside Queensland's listening device offence entirely, how the federal interception law fits in, and the separate risk of publishing a call.
The Northern Territory has no dedicated workplace surveillance Act. Because a participant is outside the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NT) s.11 entirely, employees may generally record their own workplace conversations freely.
The Northern Territory regulates both video (s.12) and audio (s.11) of a security camera under the Surveillance Devices Act 2007. A camera capturing a bystander's private conversation is the trap the participant rule doesn't cover.
Recording your own phone call in the Northern Territory is generally lawful. The Surveillance Devices Act 2007 s.11 only catches recording a call you are not part of; publishing it afterward is separately restricted.
How the Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 (NSW) regulates employer cameras, computer and tracking surveillance, and where a different Act governs recording a colleague or a meeting.