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 | Aug 26, 2015 | Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
More on the ongoing saga of the government’s failure to maintain the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. This article by Jane Lee was published in the Sydney Morning Herald....
by jmsthornton | Aug 20, 2015 | Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
In an article published by The Guardian, Australia, Daniel Hurst has drawn attention to international concern over the effective closure of the Office o of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). John Dowd, President of the International Commission of...
by jmsthornton | Jul 16, 2015 | Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
The Attorney-General’s letter to ART of 21 May 2015 and the evidence given at the recent Senate Estimates Committee Hearing, confirm that the OAIC remains in deep trouble. The letter produced below sets out what ART sees as fundamental concerns –...
by jmsthornton | Jun 25, 2015 | Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
The Government has denied funds to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Tim Smith, David Harper, Stephen Charles write that in so doing, “the government claimed to be entitled, without the agreement of the legislature, to bring about the...
by jmsthornton | May 28, 2015 | Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
This article was published in The Canberra Times. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/government-denies-starving-foi-watchdog-of-funds-even-though-he-works-from-home-20150528-ghbiju.html It has direct relevance to our concern about the recent...