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Thursday, August 06, 2009

Treasury's public management practices

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The Grech affair isn't over by any means, and continues to throw up a wide range of issues, with plenty of uncertainty still surrounding...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Canberra

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I'm in Canberra at conferences on Wednesday and Thursday this week, so probably not much new here until Friday.
Monday, August 03, 2009

SA bridges safe-from disclosure that is.

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Outback SA bridge- bluegumpictures.com.au South Australian Ombudsman Richard Bingham, after investigating a complaint concerning a decision...

Einfeld FOI documents reveal familiar pattern

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smh.com.au Former Justice Marcus Einfeld didn't argue in court recently against the motion he was not a fit and proper person and that ...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

ALP back in town, quiet time expected

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National Library of Australia The Australian Labor Party National Conference - the first since the election of the Rudd Government in 2007 -...

E-health big picture thinking-action to follow?

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The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Report on the future of the health system was released earlier in the week. The discuss...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Government 2.0 Issues Paper raises familiar and new questions

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The Government 2.0 Taskforce Issues Paper raises many important matters concerning transparency and open government including several quest...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Australian Parliament among weakest in the world

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The long-time Clerk of the Senate Harry Evans, on the verge of retirement, reflected on the operation of our institution of representative d...

Legal hands on deck for NSW open government "revolution"

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Matthew Moore in the Sydney Morning Herald calls on the NSW Premier to take back responsibility for the new Government Information (Public ...
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Lobbyists and anti-corruption in the news

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As The Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference opens in Brisbane, influence peddlers are under the spotlight in Queensland also ...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Conference circuit hits Canberra

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Two conferences, fortuitously or otherwise on successive days in Canberra, worth consideration. Public Affairs in the Nation's Capital ,...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Public servants play a key role in determining public interest

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I like Andrew Podger's well stated wisdom in Public servants serve the public interest,period for Crikey: "What (Shergold and Mor...

NSW steps backwards as others step forward

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Matthew Moore in the Sydney Morning Herald picks up the point that the shift of responsibilities to the Attorney General for the implemen...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Hat tip to Defence

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Further to the comment last week that a real sign of change in the transparency equation would be a shift in attitude in Defence and Treasu...

Transparency for parliament needs consideration

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Good on Labor Member for Franklin in the Tasmanian Parliament Daniel Hulme for raising for consideration whether the state's Freedom o...

Lawyers back in the driving seat on access to information in NSW

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The new face of government in NSW on access to information-Attorney General John Hatzistergos . The NSW Government, having done well with ge...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Record-keeping weaknesses limit accountability

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The reference in the post yesterday to former PM&C Secretary Dr Peter Shergold alluding to the fact that the prospect of disclosure wo...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

That culture change challenge

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Crikey today gives prominence to a speech last week by Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet Terry Moran in which he endorsed remarks by ...

Only a glimpse of Victorian food hygiene standards

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Mark Russell in The Sunday Age reports "The veil of secrecy protecting Melbourne's restaurants and cafes caught dishing up contam...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Premature call on the death of secrecy?

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Bernard Keane in Crikey today hails the release of a "truckload of documents" by the Department of Immigration for providing a gl...