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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Anti-Money-Laundering and Counter Terrorism legislation makes headway despite concerns

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Concerns about the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill expressed by the Victorian and Federal Privacy Commissioners ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Shortcomings in standards of government

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There is plenty to read about the final report of the Cole Royal Commission . Its 5 volumes come down to findings of potential criminality ...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Shrill whistle about privacy implications of extension of money laundering law

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That warning bell from the UK (see item below) has at least this counterpart here - a shrill whistle from the Victorian Privacy Commission a...

Warning bells about UK surveillance society echo here

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Britain's Channel 4 aired an extraordinary documentary "Suspect Nation" last week. You can view the program (warning it is ...

NSW local council contract disclosure

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We have had a number of queries from local councils about the effect of the NSW Freedom of Information Amendment (Disclosure of Contracts) B...

Two FOI exposures in the interests of transparency

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With the Cole Royal Commission report on AWB and the UN sanctions now with the Government and scheduled to be tabled in Parliament this wee...
Friday, November 24, 2006

Clover Moore Bill to become law and require publication of NSW contracts

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Two of the FOI amendments mentioned in our recent blog passed Parliament but the Legislative Assembly has concluded sittings and won't ...

NZ Opposition Leader not so Brash

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The NZ Opposition Leader may have won a restraint order on publication of emails taken from his computer, but is now seeking withdrawal of ...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

Australian e-health report card disappointing

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We have commented before about the difficulty in understanding what, if anything, is happening about the various Federal and state initiati...

Costs at the forefront of FOI battle at home

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Meanwhile back at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Sydney, Matthew Moore and the Sydney Morning Herald have had three days trying to ...

Cost battle over FOI in UK

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Quite a fuss in the UK, after the Government responded to a report about the first year of operation of the FOI Act by announcing some chang...

NZ Opposition Leader has right to privacy in emails

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In what appears to be a first in New Zealand (and maybe anywhere), Opposition Leader Don Brash won an interim injunction in the High Court ...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

US transparency blog "world's best"

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Deutsche Welle, the German international broadcast service has awarded the US Sunlight Foundation its 2006 award as best blog in the world....

FOI shows NSW ex-premiers double dipping

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Kelvin Bissett's front page story in yesterday's Daily Telegraph " Morris defends Bob's book bills " about the cost t...
Monday, November 20, 2006

FOI opens window on plagiarism

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The Sydney Morning Herald today " Copying and cheating rife at universities " reports on plagiarism in NSW universities, based on ...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Victorian Government to ban conclusive certificates in promised FOI review

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Hullo, hullo. Premier Bracks on the FOI bandwagon - a promise to ban conclusive certificates under the Victorian FOI Act. Well, at least ...

This privacy policy is a joke

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David Fraser's Canadian Privacy Law blog provides this link to Southeast Texas Live.com and its unique privacy policy statement - uniq...

Victorian election - FOI reform commitments

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According to The Age, " Libs pledge overhaul of FOI system ", the Victorian Opposition is committed to FOI reform, including the e...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Mr. Moore goes to the AAT

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Sydney Morning Herald FOI Editor, Matthew Moore, now has a new weekly spot for his "What they won't tell you" column - it now ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Privacy and FOI essentials for public sector investigators

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I spoke at the 6th National Investigations Symposium last week on "Living with FOI and privacy laws: tips for investigators". A co...