News & Events


	Victorian Government 2.0 Action Plan
	IEEE e-Science 2010 Conference
	Internet Governance Forum 2010 - Workshop 120
	New book Access to PSI: Law, Technology and Policy launched
	New book chapter by auPSI team published
	Professor Anne Fitzgerald speaks at CC Asia Pacific Conference 2010, Korea
	Professor Anne Fitzgerald to speak at DMO Forum 2010
	Draft Creative Commons and Government Guide now available online
	Gov 2.0 Expo 2010
	NZGOAL now entering Cabinet deliberation
	Government releases response to Government 2.0 Taskforce report
	Professor Anne Fitzgerald speaks at National Library of Australia
	World Bank launches Open Data Initiative
	U.S. Whitehouse announces Open Government Plans
	Professor Anne Fitzgerald to speak at VALA Meeting 2010 on Creative Commons
	UK Government launches data.gov.uk
	Professor Anne Fitzgerald speaks at LINUX 2010: Open and the Public Sector Mini Conference
	Enabling open access to public sector information with Creative Commons Licences: the Australian experience - now available online
	Government 2.0 Taskforce releases Final Report
	Project report to Government 2.0 Taskforce on copyright law now available
	Realising Our Broadband Future - Brisbane Consultation Forum
	Compiled Literature Review now available in hard copy
	Spatially Enabled Government Summit 2009 presentations now available
	NSS releases A Good Practice Guide to Sharing Your Data With Others
	Australian Government releases Digital Economy: Future Directions paper
	Report on the Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian PSI released
	Brian Fitzgerald appointed to Government 2.0 Taskforce
	Prof Anne Fitzgerald and Prof Brian Fitzgerald to speak at Spatially Enabled Government Summit 2009
	National Research Infrastructure Committee Announced
	The Hon. Lindsay Tanner and Senator Kate Lundy speak at the CeBET Australia conference 2009
	Australian Government establishes Office of Information Commissioner
	Information Awareness Month launched
	The Guardian's Open Platform launched
	Appointment of Vivek Kundra as CIO in Obama Administration
	International Chapter of Literature Review now available
	Google denied access to Victorian fire data
	ABS releases data under CC licence
	National Information Strategy Seminar - Canberra
	auPSI Team advises Federal Government
	CRC-SI Conference 2008

Office of the Information Commissioner established

On 12 May 2009, the Australian Government announced the establishment of the Office of the Information Commissioner. This is a key element of the Government’s Freedom of Information (‘FOI’) reforms.