FOI and privacy in other jurisdictions

The Commonwealth, the states and the mainland territories of Australia each have freedom of information legislation. The Commonwealth and some states also have privacy legislation. Useful links for information about these jurisdictions are listed below.

Commonwealth
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Australian Legal Information Institute
State and Territory FOI Law
ACT Australian Capital Territory Government ACT Privacy	South Australia Ombudsman SA
New South Wales Information and Privacy Commission	Tasmania Ombudsman Tasmania
Northern Territory Office of the Information Commissioner	Victoria Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner
Queensland Office of the Information Commissioner

International Right to Know Day - 28 Sept
International Right to Know Day is celebrated on 28 September every year. It recognises the community’s right to access information held by government. The idea of Right to Know Day originated from a meeting of information access advocates in Bulgaria in 2002. Today, it is a global event. In 2015, the UNESCO General Assembly declared September 28 to be “International Day for Universal Access to Information”. Click <here> for a joint media statement from the Australian and New Zealand Information Access Commissioners and Ombudsmen in the lead up to International Right to Know Day on 28 September 2019. Click on the links below for information about how some of the access jurisdictions in Australia celebrate Right to Know Day. Office of the Australian Information Commissioner Queensland Office of the Information Commissioner NSW Information and Privacy Commission Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner