Comments on: Copyright Future – Dinner Address http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/05/28/copyright-future-dinner-address/ Taking Australia forward with openness and vision Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Toejam http://www.katelundy.com.au/2009/05/28/copyright-future-dinner-address/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Toejam Fri, 29 May 2009 23:54:11 +0000 http://www.katelundy.com.au/?p=3567#comment-300 "The first step to rectifying the imbalance in the public debate is to ensure that policy decision making is open: open to scrutiny and open to participation. It requires, in fact, a new openness in our democracy. The Labor Government is acting to restore confidence in democratic processes by opening up the operation of government and public sector information and removing the frustrating ‘unknowns’ of political and bureaucratic decision making that lead to cynicism and apathy." So when Senator Conroy refuses to discuss details of the recommendation report that came out of the NBN tender process because it contains "Commercial in Conficence" information, he's bein open to scrutiny and open to participation? “The first step to rectifying the imbalance in the public debate is to ensure that policy decision making is open: open to scrutiny and open to participation. It requires, in fact, a new openness in our democracy. The Labor Government is acting to restore confidence in democratic processes by opening up the operation of government and public sector information and removing the frustrating ‘unknowns’ of political and bureaucratic decision making that lead to cynicism and apathy.”

So when Senator Conroy refuses to discuss details of the recommendation report that came out of the NBN tender process because it contains “Commercial in Conficence” information, he’s bein open to scrutiny and open to participation?

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