Chris Merritt; 7/8/08
Moves to make governments more open and accountable gathered momentum this week when Attorney-General Robert McClelland called a third inquiry into government secrecy and the protection of public sector whistleblowers. “We are committed to open and accountable government and want to ensure that Commonwealth information is only protected where there is a legitimate reason for doing so,” Mr McClelland said this week. The latest inquiry, to be run by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), has been convened just ahead of this month’s launch of public hearings on whistleblower protection. Those hearings are being run by the House of Representatives committee on legal and constitutional affairs which is chaired by Labor’s Mark Dreyfus QC.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24139086-7582,00.html
