by Lyn Allison | Mar 5, 2023 | News, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
After many years of discussion, Australia will soon have a federal anti-corruption commission. In a nation generally seen as one of the less corrupt, and more transparent and democratic countries in the world, what other opportunities and challenges for reform exist?...
by Lyn Allison | Feb 24, 2023 | News, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Open Government Week 2023 will be used globally to develop and implement the OGP’s new five-year strategy that seeks to expand and empower the community, making open government the norm across all levels and branches of government, and becoming a hub of stories and...
by jmsthornton | Feb 22, 2022 | News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Trust in Government
The Open Government Partnership (OGP), is an international organisation which now includes 78 countries and 76 local governments. Its purpose is to encourage governments to be more open, responsive and accountable to their citizens and work towards improving...
by Lyn Allison | Jan 13, 2020 | News, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Open Government Workshop, 12 Feb 2020, 1.30-4.30pm Interested in government transparency, accountability and how to power public participation? You are invited to a workshop to hear about open government and to share your ideas. Keynote speakers are * Daniel Stewart...
by jmsthornton | Feb 3, 2019 | ART Publications, National Integrity Commission, News, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Trust in Government, Whistleblowing
This submission was made by ART to the Attorney General’s consultation on the establishment of a Commonwealth Integrity Commission. At the time it was written the Government proposal was to set up the Commission as follows: “The CIC will be established as...
by jmsthornton | Sep 15, 2018 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
ART’s Tim Smith has tirelessly pursued the parlous state of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, where funding has not been reinstated and one Commissioner has been doing the work of three. Tim’s letters containing the arguments for...