Government Bulletin - 28 January 2015

The New South Wales Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd has tabled a report in Parliament on the operation of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act) for 2013-2014. The GIPA Act recognises that the right of access to information is not limited to the release of information upon formal application, accordingly it examines all four information release pathways – mandatory proactive release, authorised proactive release, informal release and access applications – in relation to the GIPA Act's objective of early and proactive release of information.

The key findings include:

• high levels of compliance with mandatory proactive release in the Council sector (89%) and the Government sector (84%);