Right to information at Macquarie University

From 1 July 2010 the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act) replaced the Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW).

The GIPA Act grants new rights of access to meet community expectations for a more open and transparent public sector. The Act encourages the routine and proactive release of public sector information, including information held by the providers of goods and services contracted by public sector bodies.

We are committed to ensuring we meet the requirements of the GIPA Act and that we appropriately respond to other requests for information.

As demonstration of this commitment, we have:

•    completed, and published on the web (see http://disclosure.mq.edu.au/), a publications guide

•    developed and published training material, and commenced training staff in GIPA Act compliance

•    collected contractual information into a centralised database ready for publishing on the web

•    aligned our internal records management policies to include the GIPA Act

•    maintained a Disclosure Log as a record of information that  Macquarie University has already released

•    incorporated required GIPA statistics into the annual report

•    received and processed GIPA applications since July 2010

To find out more about the GIPA Act or information disclosure at Macquarie University, visit http://disclosure.mq.edu.au/ or contact the Right to Information Officer on 02 9850 1561 or at gipa@mq.edu.au. 

This message was sent by Neil Fraser, Information Director and approved by Peter Dodd, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Operations).

Contact: Neil Fraser

Phone: Ext: 1561

Publish Date: 27 May 2011