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Towards an Australian Government Information Policy - Issues Paper - in pdf format (830kb)
(This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, November 2010 - Issues paper no.1. "... This paper gathers together Australian reports and developments that advance the development of Australian Government Information Policy. It defines some of the key issues that face Australian Government in developing information management policy, and proposes ten draft principles on open public sector information..."
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