Victorian Premier John Brumby's commitment to greater transparency has prompted Matthew Moore in today's Sydney Morning Herald, to reflect on the unhappy situation in NSW where media releases by the Premier and most ministers aren't even publicly available, and the Premier's only Freedom of Information commitment to publish an up to date manual for public servants by the end of 2006, is still to be realised.
As commented previously, Premier's Department guidance on agency implementation of the Act is 13 years old.
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