Two departments, two decisions on releasing 'blue books' Monday December 21, 2015 By Stephen Easton Culture Some public servants need little encouragement to fight FOI tooth and nail — but should they? Two departments handled the release of their "blue books"…
McMillan lashes FOI 'hypocrisy', attitude of top bureacurats Wednesday September 30, 2015 By Harley Dennett Career Advice John McMillan has criticised the decision to axe, and when that failed, defund, the federal agency he once led. He also describes the public commitment…
FOI limbo continues: Pilgrim appointed temporary OAIC head Thursday July 16, 2015 By David Donaldson News Privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim will be appointed acting information commissioner when John McMillan leaves shortly — but only for three months. The OAIC abolition saga…
OAIC to be left without statutory officers Monday July 13, 2015 By David Donaldson News The Privacy Commissioner's appointment expires this week, while the Australian Information Commissioner formally resigns on July 31, leaving the OAIC potentially without any statutory officers.
Reshaping government legal services in the public interest Monday July 6, 2015 By Gabrielle Appleby Features How to best provide legal services to the public sector is a question being struggled with by governments everywhere. In determining structural questions such as…
16 public sector changes from today Monday June 29, 2015 By The Mandarin News New South Wales will see extensive machinery of government changes this week, while federally the Digital Transformation Office will launch as a flagship agency. Here…
FOI laws: fixing the chilling effect on frank advice Thursday June 18, 2015 By Stephen Easton Features Those who want more limitations on transparency are regaining ground in the freedom of information tug-of-war. If the government thumbs its nose at disclosure and…
Safer streets? Audit adds meat to pork-barrelling accusations Tuesday June 9, 2015 By Stephen Easton News The handling of grants under the Safer Streets program by the Attorney-General's Department has been sharply criticised by the independent Auditor-General, feeding claims the money's…
Tom Burton: digital dog days as government gap exposed Sunday August 10, 2014 By Tom Burton Features The mishandling of the metadata issue and the release of a new report on the failures of the NBN reveal deep weakness in government digital…
A-G's union demands a partisan play public sector is used to Wednesday July 30, 2014 By Stephen Easton News A search for information on unions could have a negative effect on the relationship between the federal government and a public service already being asked…
