The Greens welcome news the Rockliff Government will move to amend the Right to Information Act 2009 to require more transparency from government businesses
The Greens’ motion calling on the government to ensure GBEs and SOCs make public right to information documents has passed the Parliament, supported by all members.
The Greens welcome the government’s support for most of the recommendations made in the Review of Tasmania’s Right to Information Framework.
Sensitive personal information is frequently being released in error, according to an investigation report by the Tasmanian Ombudsman.
It took an order from Parliament last week before the GBE Tasracing released right to information documents on a clear matter of public importance.
A report from the Centre for Public Integrity describes the Rockliff Government’s integrity performance as “uneven” in the first six months of its second term.
A review into Tasmania's right to information system by expert professors Rick Snell and Tim McCormack, was released yesterday.
Documents accidentally released to the ABC show the culture of secrecy in the Tasmanian government.
The experience of the Greens is that there has been a deliberate and systematic deterioration in application of the Act in a manner that does not serve the above Objects.
The party of which you are part has maintained a close relationship with the Royal Flying Doctor Service for more than a decade.