You can listen to Rick Snell on 2ser's Razor's Edge discussing the state of NSW and Federal Freedom of Information reforms, welcoming the NSW Ombudsman's report, noting the less than fulsome immediate endorsement of Premier Rees and ending on the gloomy note that there must be doubt whether the Rudd Government will get the job done and dusted in this term in office.Pretty sure he wasn't smiling at the time.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Gloomy outlook, not just for your superannuation.
You can listen to Rick Snell on 2ser's Razor's Edge discussing the state of NSW and Federal Freedom of Information reforms, welcoming the NSW Ombudsman's report, noting the less than fulsome immediate endorsement of Premier Rees and ending on the gloomy note that there must be doubt whether the Rudd Government will get the job done and dusted in this term in office.Pretty sure he wasn't smiling at the time.
Yes, both Rudd and Rees appear to have backed down from the über-enthusiasm they showed for open government in their early days in office.
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I'm still hanging on to the idea they are too far in to cop out but time appears to be of no relevance in Canberra at least.
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