Privacy commissioners of four states and the Commonwealth are celebrating their week on the awareness-raising calendar, at the pointy end of an election campaign that… Read More
Just after one corruption watchdog warned public servants not to peek at government records without good reason in its contribution to Privacy Awareness Week, another laid charges against a former police officer for doing just that. Read More
Victorian privacy commissioner Rachel Dixon has commissioned critical advice for public servants from three Melbourne academics who have worked hard to raise awareness of the… Read More
This is an edited extract of a speech by the inaugural Victorian information commissioner, Sven Bluemmel, at a conference on privacy and freedom of information hosted by the Leo Cussen Centre for Law on November 30, 2017. Read More
As the public sector looks to exploit the value of sharing information between agencies, across jurisdictions and with service providers, it raises questions about how to harmonise regulatory requirements and design flexible governance models to meet diverse public expectations. Read More
Victoria has poached Western Australia's information commissioner, but he gets to keep the same job title in a newly established office that opens its doors in Melbourne tomorrow with combined responsibility for privacy protection and public access to government information. Read More
Victorian privacy and data protection commissioner David Watts has hit out at the government over the abolition of his agency, suggesting the information commissioner model it is about to introduce "does not work" and the state is now considered a "backwater" for information policy. Read More
Victoria has slightly altered course on FOI and privacy reforms, with a merger to create a new Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner. Changes to FOI response and VCAT appeal times will still go ahead. Read More
