Submissions

The FOI Independent Review Panel released a discussion paper in January 2008 titled 'Enhancing Open and Accountable Government'.

The discussion paper is accessible here.

Submissions made in response to this discussion paper have been received, and are currently being considered by the Panel, as part of its preparation of a final report to government, which is due at the end of May 2008.

Those submissions which may be published in accordance with the Panel's publication guidelines as set out in the discussion paper (see inside back cover), appear below.

Further submissions will be published on this website as they become available.

Title	Format
Queensland Whole-of-Government Response	199kb PDF
Allen Ringland	14.5kb PDF
Auditor-General of Queensland	132kb PDF
Australia’s Right To Know coalition	89.5kb PDF
Australian Press Council	110kb PDF
Brisbane City Council	2.03mb PDF
Cape York Land Council Aboriginal Corporation	374kb PDF
Chris Wheeler	407kb PDF
Council for Civil Liberties	129kb PDF
Courier Mail (David Fagan, Editor)	232kb PDF
Courier Mail (John Doyle, FOI Consultant)	112kb PDF
Crime and Misconduct Commission	90.3kb PDF
Denver Beanland	12.9kb PDF
Department of Communities, Disability Services Qld and Multicultural Affairs Qld	26.9kb PDF
Environmental Defenders Office (Qld & North Qld Offices)	109kb PDF
G Coulson	206kb PDF
Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand Law Commission	87.4kb PDF
Gold Coast & Hinterland Environment Council Inc	21.9kb PDF
Gold Coast Bulletin	11kb PDF
Information Commissioner	444kb PDF
John Pyke	44.2kb PDF
Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, High Court of Australia	17.5kb PDF
Kevin Johnson	10.9kb PDF
Lawrence Springborg MP	340kb PDF
Mark McArdle MP, Liberal Party	31.4kb PDF
Megan Carter	112kb PDF
Nan Logie	183kb PDF
Muriel Dekker	1.28mb PDF
Norelle Deeth, Department of Child Safety	22.6kb PDF
Ombudsman	147kb PDF
Paul Henderson	1.08mb PDF
Paul Tooker	211kb PDF
Ports Corporation of Queensland	28.9kb PDF
Prisoners’ Legal Service	390kb PDF
Public Service Commissioner	46.4kb PDF
Queensland Integrity Commissioner	32.6kb PDF
Queensland Law Society	252kb PDF
Queensland Rail	84.4kb PDF
Queensland University of Technology	35.2kb PDF
Redland Shire Council	117kb PDF
Rhys Stubbs	195kb PDF
Rhys Stubbs (second submission)	92.9kb PDF
Rockhampton City Council	71.9kb PDF
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane	263kb PDF
Royal Historical Society of Queensland	41.7kb PDF
Sunwater	48.7kb PDF
The University of Queensland	628kb PDF
The Wilderness Society	36.6kb PDF
University of the Sunshine Coast	59.8kb PDF

The names of submitters whose submissions will not be published (in accordance with the publication guidelines set out in the discussion paper) appear below:

Bev French
Gary Parsons
Gayle Sticher and Kim Christie
Melba Morris
Nan Logie
Patricia Collofello
Robina Cosser
Ron Price
S.W. Sheehan

Although these submissions will not be published, this will not detract in any way from the Panel’s consideration of these submissions.

Last updated June 10, 2008