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The Australian Information Commissioner, Queensland Information Commissioner and NSW Information Commissioner are maintaining variable but reasonable flows of information about implementation of access to information reform activities, and their respective review functions. Communication after all is an essential part of the leadership required to promote the objects of legislation and the needed culture change within agencies. And some outside government are interested observers as well.

But things are quiet in the other reform state, Tasmania, at least from a distance.The Ombudsman has the same or similar functions there under the Right to Information Act. Perhaps there is a lot going on that doesn't rate a mention publicly, maybe it's a resource issue, maybe softly, really softly, is the way to go down there, but...

 

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