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Friday, October 08, 2010

Queensland pioneering on open government measurement

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The Queensland Information Commissioner's 2009-2010 Annual Report covers the first year of the operation of the Right to Information an...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Masterly argument blocks release of school value add

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The NSW Department of Education rejected an application under the Government Information (Public Access) Act for access by the Sydney Morni...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Privacy surfaces, Demi settles

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Demi Moore settled with New Idea publisher Pacific Magazines her Australian action claiming breach of copyright and breach of confidence ove...
Monday, October 04, 2010

Finance calls for action on parliamentary entitlements reform

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The Finance Red book briefs also contain material on parliamentary entitlements, the need for action on the  report of a review that forme...
Friday, October 01, 2010

A cabinet minister at the table does not a cabinet committee make.

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Dennis Shanahan in The Australian says new committees announced this week by the Gillard government to revisit a minerals tax and carbon t...

Privacy and the dead

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The latest iappANZ Member Bulletin, edited by Nicole Stephensen, includes an article by me on that lively topic. I was prompted to have a ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Slipping into Deputy Speaker's chair

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Plenty of media coverage in the last few days about the election of the Liberal Party's Peter Slipper as Deputy Speaker of the House of...
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"Unnecessary debate" still running, fast trains aren't

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Michael McKinnon of the 7 Network told the Right to Know Day Conference in Brisbane on Tuesday that he had applied immediately under the Fre...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Publication of Treasury's Red Book contributes to public understanding

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There should be more of it. The release in response to Freedom of Information applications and the initiative taken to publish on the inter...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

NSW busy with announcements on integrity

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T he NSW Government had a busy week on the integrity and accountability front, with Premier Keneally announcing the introduction of legislat...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Conferences calling

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I will be in Brisbane next Monday and Tuesday attending Right to Know Day functions, so look forward to catching up with Queensland readers...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

NSW Information and Privacy Commission

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The Legislative Assembly passed the bill on 31 August to integrate Privacy NSW and the Office of Information Commissioner, up to now separ...

Still too much confidentiality in Commonwealth contracts

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The annual Australian National Audit Office performance audit to assess the appropriateness of the use and reporting of confidentiality pro...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Devil in the detail in shield laws and the public interest

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A renewed attempt to enact a federal shield law for journalists has had a push from Victorian Attorney General Rob Hulls and from independe...
Monday, September 20, 2010

E-health pros, and privacy concerns

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This article in the Sydney Morning Herald today has a close look at the Government's e-health plans, with $466 million on the table and...

NSW Premier fronts questioning about transparency and integrity

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NSW Premier Kristina Keneally faced questioning first up in a Budget Estimates hearing last week about her views on accountability, transpar...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Data deficits emerge, and a step up for Gov 2.0

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Peter Martin in the Sydney Morning Herald reports that the chairman of the Council of Australian Government's Reform Council, appointed...

Queensland "world beater" on whistleblower protection

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Dr A.J Brown's summary and analysis of the new Queensland Public Interest Disclosure Act in The Australian describes the protections for...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

A few cracks in Queensland's "best of breed" law

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In an opinion piece in today's Courier Mail, I point out that recent concessions to local government there put something of a dent in Qu...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Ministers for privacy, FOI and integrity.

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The full details of the Gillard Ministry and the Administrative Arrangements Order reveal we have an historic first with Brendan O'Conn...