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Australia and New Zealand: The lessons to be learnt after 25 years of FOI experience

Australia and New Zealand: The lessons to be learnt after 25 years of FOI experience. Presented by Rick Snell Work in Progress November 2008 University of Tasmania Australia. A common heritage. Former settler colonies of the UK Language Culture Public service tradition

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Australia and New Zealand: The lessons to be learnt after 25 years of FOI experience

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  1. Australia and New Zealand:The lessons to be learnt after 25 years of FOI experience Presented by Rick Snell Work in Progress November 2008 University of Tasmania Australia

  2. A common heritage • Former settler colonies of the UK • Language • Culture • Public service tradition • Westminster political system • Adopted FOI at same time (1983) for same reasons

  3. Different FOI Outcomes

  4. Key Differences

  5. Outcomes

  6. Different versions of the same approach

  7. FOI Reforms

  8. The Challenge for Australia • Switching from concentrating on the inadequacies to delivering solutions • Aligning a new FOI system with a different ICT, administrative and political environment • Swapping from a legalistic to an administrative model • Moving from Version 1.0 to 2.0

  9. What would be different between FOI Version 1.0 and 2.0? • Information Environment • Policy • The Users • ICT • Attitudes • Other Design Features • Role within E-Government

  10. Information Environment

  11. Policy

  12. The Users

  13. ICT

  14. Attitudes

  15. Other design features

  16. Role within E-Government

  17. Key Reform Considerations • Once in two decades opportunity for major versus incremental change • Alignment - culture, legislation • System Approach • Serving all stakeholders • Users ( Personal to Agenda Setters) • Citizens • Public Service • Government • Focus on information flows and quality not which delivery system

  18. Conclusion • There is a need to realign FOI with its surrounding environments • These environments - information, administrative and political - have changed and continue to change rapidly. • There are significant opportunities for government to use FOI version 2.0 to consult, develop policy and make closer connections with the citizens it serves. • This requires the sharing of quality information

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