Paul Chadwick, journalist and lawyer, was Victoria's first Privacy Commissioner (2001-06), a statutory office that administers in the public sector Victoria's version of international data protection standards. Most recently, he has been appointed Director of Editorial Policies at the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

From his early work in the use of freedom of information laws, through eight years as Victorian co-coordinator of the non-profit Communications Law Centre dealing with media law and policy issues, then in legal practice and public office, his career of 30 years has had a theme: the tension between discretion and disclosure. In 1997 he received the Walkley Award for most outstanding contribution to journalism.