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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

All the best...

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Wiki Commons- Hai Linh Truong, Sydney I'll be around for the next few weeks, spending more time than usual enjoying the view, but ex...
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US and Australian law regarding publication of government secrets

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Attorney General McClelland on 17 December announced the Australian Federal Police had not identified any criminal offences regarding Wik...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Kessing's plight, and notorious secrecy law both deserve government attention

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Chris Merritt in The Australian puts it to Andrew Wilkie to push for an inquiry into the Kessing affair , a process that might allow the t...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Red book 9:Human Services brief published-not even a whistle

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Another release with not the slightest attempt to draw attention, this time the Department of Human Services incoming government brief sur...

WikiLeaks early report card sees mix of bad, good and unchanged consequences

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There is an interesting discussion thread on the Lowy Institute Interpreter about the implications of the WikiLeaks disclosures from a for...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Red book 8: Veterans' Affairs brief published-but no song and dance

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The Department of Veterans' Affairs, like Attorney General's has provided copies of the redacted Red and Blue book incoming governm...
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NSW Information Commissioner review functions

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The Office of NSW Information Commissioner has had a busy first six months since the commencement of the GIPA act, and the lead up to int...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Red book No 7: AGs incoming government brief released but hardly visible

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Thanks for the tip from a reader, perhaps alerted by this AAP report today, that the Attorney General's Department incoming government...
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Walkley award winner found prize in Defence contract documents

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Congratulations to all the Walkley Award 2010 winners for excellence in journalism, particularly to Linton Besser of the Sydney Morning Her...
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FOI "burden" the price of democracy in Ken Henry's awful year

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Treasury Secretary Ken Henry was reported in The Australian last week talking to a "private audience" about his department under ...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

WikiLeaks and the implications at home and abroad

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Here's Professor A.J Brown and me with Carson Scott  On the Record on Sky Business today talking about WikiLeaks, whistleblowers, the ...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Leaking and publishing are two different things

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Australia's leading academic on whistleblower protection Professor A J Brown of Griffith University Law School,gave the keynote address ...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Mr Assange regrets...

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Timing is everything. US State Department announcement yesterday: "The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Neither secrecy nor openness in international affairs should be absolutes.

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My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government. We will work together to ensure the public tr...
Friday, December 03, 2010

Red book 6: Health and Ageing incoming government brief published

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The Department of Health and Ageing has published a redacted version of its incoming government brief (four volumes) with this interesting ...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Senate consideration of journalists' shield law slips to 2011

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I've laboured over a long piece on this but ****!!! its disappeared into the ethernet. The short version: The Wilkie bill didn't co...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

State of Service report opaque about culture of transparency

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The annual State of the Service report issued by the Australian Public Service Commission and the accompanying State of the Service Employe...

Baillieu declares new era of no spin, no secrecy

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Victorian Premier Elect Ted Baillieu yesterday with words worth recording even though there has to be some hyperbole in the "no secrec...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Wikileaks likely set back to open government cause

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Regardless of whether you agree with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the latest Wikileaks document dump is "an attack on the...
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Experienced FOI hand set to be Vic Minister for FOI

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With the Coalition to take office after Saturday's election in Victoria, The Age reports on the likely cabinet line up. In Andrew McInt...