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The International Conference of Information Commissioners adopts the Johannesburg Charter
A global commitment to access to public information – the ICIC You may have heard about the International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC) last month as it adopted the Johannesburg Charter (Charter) at its recent conference in (you guessed it)…
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Event recap: Information Access Series – Consultation and notification under the Freedom of Information Act 1982
On Thursday 28 March, two of OVIC’s Senior Case Managers provided an interesting and informative presentation on consultation and notification under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). As most people who work in FOI would be aware, the…
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Information Access Series: Secrecy and Confidentiality in a Time of Openness
To kick off the Information Access Series for 2019, on 14 February the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner’s (OVIC) legal team delivered an interesting seminar to a sold out room on section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act…
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International Human Rights Day 2018
Every year on 10 December, Human Rights Day is celebrated globally. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, first adopted in Paris in 1948. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration as a…
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Event recap – Public Forum ‘Freedom of Information in Australia: Towards Best Practice or Insignificance?’
In the week leading up to International Right to Know Day (celebrated on 28 September), the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) participated in a number of events to celebrate and promote individuals’ right to access government-held information. One…
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