by Lyn Allison | Jul 17, 2021 | News, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy
ART’s discussion series – data and privacy – July 2021 See here for the recording: Australian Governments are encouraging us to provide more and more personal data to be centrally stored and used by it to provide us with its services. The data we...
by jmsthornton | Oct 2, 2018 | Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the Freedom of Information Legislation Amendment (Improving Access and Transparency) Bill 2018 was set up following the introduction of this Bill by Senator Rex Patrick on 22nd August 2018. The Bill...
by jmsthornton | Sep 23, 2018 | Election, Federal Government, Political Funding, Privacy, South Australia, Victoria
Ever wondered what political parties do with the data they collect on you? Its amazingly unclear, especially since the Privacy Act does not apply. Equally obscure is how they pay for the software and analysis and what links the software has with other data collection...
by jmsthornton | Dec 7, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Privacy
This submission was sent to the office of the Attorney general immediately after the letter sent by Tim Smith to George Brandis on OAIC and the OGP; Issues on Wednesday 6th December 2017 . That itself followed from a letter from George Brandis to Josh Frydenberg that...
by jmsthornton | Dec 7, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government, Privacy
OAIC and the OGP; Issues The Hon George Brandis MP Attorney-General Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 6 December 2017 Dear Attorney-General On 19 October 2017 I received a copy of your 11 October letter to my local Member, the Member for Kooyong, (Mnet GenerL3 July...
by jmsthornton | Dec 3, 2017 | Auditor General, Federal Government, Freedom of Information, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy, Reforms
Our ART members, Tim Smith, David Harper and Stephen Charles authored the following article, published in The Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times. Turnbull government talks big on transparency, but keeps ‘forgetting’ to fund FOI Tim Smith, David...