Elizabeth Tydd to lead Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Federal Long-time transparency advocate Elizabeth Tydd will likely be a less controversial information commissioner than her predecessor.
Premium Case studies Treasury review to check if credit regulations are having a lend May 7, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Credit cards, buy-now, cry-later proponents may not get a second bite at the cherry as decade-old consumer lending laws get a new sniff test.
Premium Columnists Australia’s Open Government Forum is all glitter, no gold February 22, 2024 By Richard Mulgan Editors' Picks When the history of Australian government transparency is written, the OGF will probably warrant only a brief mention, perhaps in a footnote.
Payments industry wants digital ID laws to permit racial markers February 1, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Suddenly, banks are interested in people without papers. Forget identity politics, identity monetisation is where digital ID is at.
Premium Interviews Bureaucrats taking action only after questions on notice reveals ‘failure of internal controls’: Shoebridge January 16, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry ‘It shouldn’t require an external shove to get core government business done,’ says Greens senator David Shoebridge.
Criminals target government with record cyber attacks November 29, 2023 By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson Communications & Technology APS attacks rose from 30,000 between March and May to 48,000 between June and August, says BlackBerry’s Global Threat Intelligence Report.
‘Full restoration’: A-G names appointees to lead Australia’s privacy and FOI regimes November 28, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Dreyfus: standalone commissioner roles mark a serious commitment by Labor to FOI and privacy, data protection, AI policy and governance.
OAIC annual report reveals which agencies had the largest FOI increases October 19, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Federal The Australian Research Council experienced a 4,686.0% increase in FOI requests in the past year, according to the latest OAIC report.
Hardiman accuses information commissioner of FoI ‘spin’ and culture issues August 29, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Communications & Technology Former FoI commissioner Leo Hardiman has accused information commissioner Angelene Falk of nobbling the OAIC’s FoI review function.
Premium Columnists Are regulators watchdogs or guide dogs? August 21, 2023 By Richard Mulgan Editors' Picks Being a watchdog (calling out non-compliance) must take precedence over being a guide dog (education) with regulators.
Half of all Australians hit by data breach spills, Privacy Commission research reckons August 9, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology New data from the regulator shows a high rate of harm experienced by data breach victims, with ransomware behind identity theft and fraud.
Dreyfus faces up to biometric demands of digital identity August 8, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Control over federal facial recognition systems is on the move again, and Paul Fletcher is dining out on a hot potato.
Premium Columnists The robodebt royal commission highlights personal responsibilities in the APS July 17, 2023 By Andrew Podger Community & Social Personal accountability in the APS means individual public servants have duties and that failing to meet them should have consequences.
Premium Columnists The confidentiality of frank advice vs FOI and open government May 8, 2023 By Richard Mulgan Career Advice Public service leadership and the FOI lobby should consider how to achieve consensus on the practicable limits of government confidentiality.
Privacy commissioner role separated once more, needs ‘double funding’ to do job well May 3, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Communications & Technology Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus announced the government has opened recruitment for a standalone privacy commissioner.
