Tag: FoI

Struggling privacy watchdog searches for ‘systemic’ changes

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy and information watchdog failed to meet key performance criteria around freedom of information and privacy investigations, as its workload jumped and staff attrition rate doubled the public...

Govt hunts for FOI Commissioner

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The search is on for a Freedom of Information Commissioner after the federal government provided $1 million in funding to establish the position, as the nation’s privacy office battles...

Where AI meets the information discovery challenge

Posted on   |  by David McClure
The workings of big business and government have come under intense scrutiny in recent times. The Banking Royal Commission revealed multiple instances of malfeasance. The enquiry into Victoria’s hotel...

‘Dearth of transparency’ from Treasury on R&D

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Federal Labor has slammed a “dearth of transparency” at the Treasury after public submissions on controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive were released 18 months late,...