The Report provides a comprehensive assessment of the operation of the right to information legislation in New South Wales for 2020/21…

The manner in which an agency routinely saves records, such as emails, to its normal electronic record keeping system does not ordinarily enliven the discretion to extend the decision period under the GIPA Act by 10 days...

IPAC is an advisory body to support statutory and strategic information access and privacy priorities and obligations.

Information Access Case Note: Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2021] NSWCATAP 310

Access the OGP metrics all jurisdictions September 2021 here.

The IPC launches its Facebook page for citizens in February 2022…

The decision explains the power of the Tribunal to deal with an application by a person restrained from making an access application under s. 110(1) of the GIPA Act.

Access the IPC Animation - Disclosure of Interest Returns by Councils January 2022 here.

Read the decision here:  Hickey v Secretary, Department of E