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  • Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen release survey results on community attitudes

    Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsman today released the findings of their first cross jurisdictional study of community attitudes to access to government information. Commissioners from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia and the Ombudsman from ACT sponsored…

  • Right to Know essential to democracy in a digital world

    JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen from across Australia and New Zealand are urging government agencies to do more to make information available for the benefit of citizens. They’re making the call in the build up to International…

  • FOI culture in Victoria needs better public sector leadership: study

    JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT- MONASH UNIVERSITY AND OFFICE OF THE VICTORIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER (OVIC) Freedom of Information (FOI) practitioners ranked government executives as more important than political leadership in building a positive and well-functioning FOI culture. FOI officers’ efforts to provide…

  • Research shows Victorians value their Right to Know

    International Right to Know Day is celebrated each year on 28 September to raise awareness of the community’s right to access government held information. In the lead up to Right to Know Day 2019, new research commissioned by the Office…

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