The report, led by Associate Professor Johan Lidberg and Adjunct Professor Moira Paterson, follows the completion of a three-year study that looked at the culture and practice of implementing freedom of information (FOI) in three Australian jurisdictions – South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia.

Ombudsman SA recognises and accepts the important observations and recommendations made by the report into the culture of FOI, which reflect the need for FOI legislation reform in all three participating jurisdictions.

Ombudsman SA supports all 11 recommendations and notes that the findings and recommendations are consistent with this Office’s 2014 Audit of audit of state government departments’ implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 1991.

Download the report here – Australia Linkage Council Research Project - FOI Culture Study(PDF, 5.7 MB)

Read Monash University’s media release about the report here, this link will take you to www.monash.edu

Watch the recording of the official launch of the report, this link will take you to www.vimeo.com