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Monday, November 07, 2011

Some gems as NSW Ombudsman empties the FOI in-tray

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The NSW Ombudsman has transitioned over the last year from the leading role of many years in dealing with Freedom of Information complaint...
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Sunday, November 06, 2011

President Obama will never know

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All he has to do is get to Canberra on 15 November, one day earlier than scheduled, to attend the Australian Information Commissioner's...
Friday, November 04, 2011

ACT-more open government still to come

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The Canberra Times is involved in a bit of tug of war with the ACT government over freedom of information issues, to which I made a small ...

"Woefully inadequate" search scores a cost order

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Flikr -Creative Commons The adequacy of the search by an agency for documents or information relevant to a freedom of information appli...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Australian Information Commissioner first year report

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The 2010-2011 Annual Report of the Office of Australian Information Commissioner, covering activities since the office was established on ...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Parliament above transparency and accountability law

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The Sunday Herald Sun, fresh from its sister publication finding the Governor's office is a Freedom of Information no go zone, has dis...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Information Commissioner tells Queensland Police to get in line

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The performance review report by Information Commissioner Julie Kinross on Queensland Police Service compliance with the Right to Informa...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Queen's Australian men and women in, and out, of FOI laws

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While the Queen is among us, some unrelated controversy in Victoria over the lack of transparency and accountability at Government House, ...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Orders in Bolt case sound like jackboots in Holt St

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Quite a contrast in these comments on Friday on the orders issued in the Bolt case. David Marr   in Fairfax papers suggested the ord...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Information Commissioner at the Estimates table

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Australian Information Commissioner Professor John McMillan also appeared before a  Senate Estimates committee this week. In answer to...
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Back to the future: FOI back in lawyers' box

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In answer to questions at Senate Estimates this week, Renee Leon, Deputy Secretary (Governance) Department of Prime Minister and Cabin...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Tony Abbott's mailing list-Part 2.

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A reply to my email to Tony Abbott-from my local member Malcolm Turnbull.  Nothing apparently to all those reports of substantial personal ...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Privacy law reform- in the fullness of time

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Sure to be in someone's lifetime. This recent speech by Australian Law Reform Commission President Professor Rosalind Croucher pr...
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Administration of Australian gongs a matter of administration?

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Transparency in the administration of the Australian honours awards was the issue du jour at the Senate Estimates Committee hearing thi...
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TGA "partial release" destined for the classic file

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The Therapeutic Goods Administration has something of a reputation for lack of transparency, and was the subject of a review into practic...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Queensland RTI gaps under scrutiny

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My scepticism about any action regarding Opposition bills introduced into the Queensland Parliament was misplaced-too much exposure to NSW ...
Monday, October 17, 2011

ACT Open Government website debuts with cabinet summaries

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The ACT Government's Open Government website is up and running including a single disclosure log for documents released by government ...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Barrister's right to know what was said, not who said it

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Sydney barrister David Smallbone has the legal profession buzzing , not just in NSW over the selection process for silks but his partial v...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Who's on Tony Abbott's mailing list?

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Not sure how widespread this was across the country but yesterday here, an out of the blue email from Tony Abbott, to which this reply th...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Open Australia back on air

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WikiMedia Commons Damian Yerrick   Or round of applause if you prefer for the return of the invaluable Open Australia Hansard service,...