by jmsthornton | Oct 14, 2015 | Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
The intransigence of the Attorney General on the matter of the abolition of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner continues. This failure to act renders the government’s commitment to open government a hollow promise. In our latest letter, we...
by jmsthornton | Oct 10, 2015 | Open Government, Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Following on from our letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, ART writes to the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull to urge urgent action to join the Open Government Partnership before the 27th of October deadline. We argue, “To put it bluntly, our dealings with...
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...