information

The Commonwealth’s freedom of information regime has been described as a dysfunctional, broken mess. But there are ways to repair it.

In a rare turn of events, an ANAO report issued no recommendations, although it did identify five areas for improvement.

An interim report into the 2022 federal election has made 15 recommendations to boost confidence in electoral and political processes.

ANAO has slammed the Finance Department for its poor handling of complaints about the procurement processes of other government entities.

A former Home Affairs employee gained access to a government system to view visa information of at least 20 people or organisations.

Content is everything that goes on a website or page: the words, the headings and structure, the photos and diagrams, the graphs and infographics. But if the content is dense, muddled or confusing, users may get the wrong message or give up. They might spend time reading the information again, go to other information sources, […]

The government has launched a new division within Sport Integrity Australia to address discrimination and vilification.

AEC commissioner Tom Rogers said making a call on what is and is not a fact during elections would make the AEC into a polarising figure.

James Colella was found guilty of three counts of receiving a bribe, two counts of abuse of office, and two counts of unauthorised disclosure of restricted information.

Being in the public sector requires collaborating across organisations and teams of different sizes to be effective. This means dealing with people and all their complications.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has launched a new resource to help federal government agencies determine when they should conduct a privacy-impact assessment. Under the OAIC’s privacy code for federal agencies, entities must conduct a privacy-impact assessment for all “high-privacy-risk projects” — activities or initiatives that involve new or changed ways of […]

Victorian public sector agencies must make their staff more aware of corruption risks surrounding unauthorised access to information, according to a new report by the state corruption watchdog.

The Tasmanian government wants to make it easier for local businesses to tender for “technology services” contracts, while the state’s Integrity Commission reports one public servant made it a bit too easy for a friend to win contracts for “digital education resources” worth $2.6 million.