FOI reform process-Queensland first then daylight second.

The Queensland Government, good to its word that this step would be taken before year-end, has launched the Right to Information era, and its general acceptance of recommendations in the Solomon Review of the Freedom of Information Act, by:

• inviting feedback on the release of the draft Right to Information Bill (PDF 754 kB), draft Information Privacy Bill (PDF 689 kB), and draft Right to Information Regulation (PDF 203 kB). The Queensland Government has also released an Explanatory Guide (PDF 292 kB) about the draft Bills.
• releasing information about recent matters considered by Cabinet
• introducing online FOI applications (in addition to current ways of applying for information under the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (PDF 826 kB))

Yet to have a look at the drafts, but on sticking to process commitments, a gold star for Premier Anna Bligh.