Tag: FoI

Govt’s FoI bot sufferer unaware of its problem

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia officials on Friday testified they did not know which government agency is struggling under the weight of AI generated Freedom of Information requests, despite it being their...

Govt can’t pin down the bots it says are upending FoI

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Officials on Tuesday struggled to justify the government’s heavily criticised Freedom of Information reforms, including not being able to attribute a confirmed instance of bots or AI lodging requests....

OAIC pitches tool to slash data breach notifications

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost one-fifth of notifications through Australia’s data breaches notification regime could be averted if a self-assessment tool being pitched by the privacy watchdog is taken up by the federal...

Gig Guide: Pirani returns to OAIC as FOI Commissioner

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has again called on Toni Pirani to fill in as Freedom of Information Commissioner as the agency struggles to find a long-term...

Struggling privacy watchdog searches for ‘systemic’ changes

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s privacy and information watchdog failed to meet key performance criteria around freedom of information and privacy investigations, as its workload jumped and staff attrition rate doubled the public...

Govt hunts for FOI Commissioner

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The search is on for a Freedom of Information Commissioner after the federal government provided $1 million in funding to establish the position, as the nation’s privacy office battles...

Where AI meets the information discovery challenge

Posted on   |  by David McClure
The workings of big business and government have come under intense scrutiny in recent times. The Banking Royal Commission revealed multiple instances of malfeasance. The enquiry into Victoria’s hotel...

‘Dearth of transparency’ from Treasury on R&D

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Federal Labor has slammed a “dearth of transparency” at the Treasury after public submissions on controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive were released 18 months late,...