Twenty years of open government : what have we learnt?

McMillan, John

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Twenty years of open government : what have we learnt?

Date

2002

Authors

McMillan, John

Publisher

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press in association with the Centre for International and Public Law, Faculty of Law, Australian National University

Abstract

We will never live in a completely open society. Confidentiality, privacy and secrecy are commonplace in all forms of transaction, not just in government, but also in commercial, social and personal interaction.