Unpredictable Compliance Creates Business Risk

The Minister can unilaterally designate processing activities as "assessable" requiring pre-approval, without clear criteria or parliamentary oversight, creating regulatory uncertainty that makes business planning impossible. Companies face 28-42 day mandatory delays before launching services involving assessable processing, while criminal penalties up to 150,000 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment apply to procedural violations—disproportionate punishment that creates personal liability risk for executives and discourages legitimate business activities.