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  • 60th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities forum discusses privacy, regulation, enforcement and more.

    The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) hosted the 60th Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) forum from 30 November to 1 December 2023. A number of guests and observers attended from around the globe, including from data protection authorities…

  • OVIC’s 2022-23 Annual Report tabled in Victorian Parliament

    Then. Now. Next. OVIC’s 2022-23 annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Wednesday 4 October 2023. In 2022-23, Victorians made 48,117 freedom of information (FOI) requests to Victorian government agencies and Ministers. This is another all-time record for FOI requests made…

  • Association of Information Access Commissioners meet in New Zealand

    The Association of Information Access Commissioners (AIAC) met in Wellington, New Zealand on 7 and 8 December 2022 for its second bi-annual meeting. Members discussed the evolution of the right to access information, and noted the 40 year anniversary of…

  • OVIC’s 2021-22 Annual Report tabled in Victorian Parliament

    A renewed focus on empowering members of the community OVIC’s 2021-22 annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Tuesday 20 September 2022. In 2021-22, Victorians made 43,978 freedom of information (FOI) requests to Victorian government agencies and Ministers. This…

  • Guidelines on the Caretaker Conventions

    The caretaker period commences at 6pm on Tuesday 1 November 2022 and continues until either it becomes clear the government has been returned, or the time when a new government is commissioned. During this time, the Guidelines on the Caretaker…

  • Access to Information as the pillar of the digital age in the guarantee of human rights, the inclusion of groups in situations of vulnerability and the strengthening of democratic institutions in the 21st century

    PUBLIC STATEMENT The members of the International Conference of Information Commissioners meeting on June 22 2022, during the 13th Edition of our Annual Conference, held virtually and in the City of Puebla, Mexico, issue the following statement: RECALLING that, in…

  • How transparency and privacy build trust in government

    This op-ed was written by Sven Bluemmel, Victorian Information Commissioner and was distributed to media in the lead up to the Regional Roadshow on 23 March 2022 Trust in government is crucial to a healthy democracy. We need to have…

  • Transparency is the key

    This op-ed was written by Sven Bluemmel, Victorian Information Commissioner and was published in the Herald Sun on 28 September 2021 If governments are not transparent, they will lose our trust. When we vote at elections, we do not grant…

    • FOI
    • International Access to Information Day
  • OVIC’s 2019-20 annual report published

    OVIC’s 2019-20 annual report was tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Thursday 29 October 2020. In 2020, the spread of COVID-19 fundamentally transformed the way individuals live and work all around the world. Many Victorian public sector (VPS) organisations faced significant and unprecedented…

  • Joint statement on International Access to Information Day 2020

    Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen across Australia and New Zealand have released a joint statement to mark International Access to Information Day 2020. They highlight the importance of proactive release of government information. Proactively releasing government information can help build…

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