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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Dear Mark and colleagues</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In response to an earlier query regarding why the <i><spa=
n
style=3D'font-style:italic'>amendments</span></i> to the Privacy Act and the
Copyright Act had been omitted from the study design 2007 - 2010, I provide=
 the
following explanation (sourced from our Principal Legal Officer). </span></f=
ont></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>After a period of time, these amendments become subsumed
within the original Act &#8211; it&#8217;s not that we have ignored these am=
endments,
it&#8217;s just that they are now considered part of the Acts. Of course, we
are now in the midst of another developing copyright amendment, so when that=
 is
passed it will initially be viewed as an amendment, but still part of the
Copyright Act.</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Regards</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10=
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font-family:Arial'>Paula</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Paula Christophersen</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>ICT </span></font>Curriculum Manager</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Victorian </span></font>Curriculum and Assessment</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Authority</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
  12.0pt'>41 St Andrews Place</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
 12.0pt'>EAST MELBOURNE</span></font> 3002</p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Phone: 03 9651 4378</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoAutoSig><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D=
'font-size:
12.0pt'>Fax: 03 9651 4324</span></font></p>

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