by jmsthornton | Oct 7, 2015 | Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government
In an article for The Conversation, Johan Lidberg of Monash University writes of the test for Turnbull in promoting open government and a “Government 2.0” approach to freedom of information, in what to do about Abbott’s FOI hostile approach and the...
by jmsthornton | Oct 2, 2015 | Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
John McMillan, the inaugural Australian information commissioner from 2010 until this year, has written for ‘The Australian’ on the need for a permanent Freedom of Information Commissioner....
by jmsthornton | Oct 1, 2015 | Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Australia’s failure to join the Open Government Partnership, (OGP) since it was first invited in 2011 is becoming an embarrassment. The OGP currently has 66 participating countries. The OGP has now set a deadline for Australia to join of 27th October – a...
by jmsthornton | Sep 24, 2015 | Auditor General, IBAC, Trust in Government, Victoria, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
ART has made another submission to the Victorian Government on the shortcomings of the Victorian Independent Broadbased Anticorruption Commission (IBAC). This submission addresses two reviews, one of IBAC and one of the office of the Auditor General. In it, ART points...
by jmsthornton | Sep 11, 2015 | Auditor General, Corruption, Trust in Government, Victorian Government Integrity System Reform
This submission is the third in a series of ART submissions to the Victorian Government on Victorian Government Integrity System Reform (see category at right). The first was Do we have a corruption problem in Victoria? The second was Reforming Victorian IBAC. This...