Open Government Partnership Australia

Open Government Partnership Australia

Open Government Partnership Australia logoThis website contains information on Australia's commitment to open government and engagement with the Open Government Partnership, including Australia’s two National Action Plans.

What does open government mean to you
Australia's Second National Action Plan 2018-20
Australia released its second National Action Plan 2018-20 in September 2018. The Plan contains eight focused commitments to enhance access to information, civic participation, public accountability, as well as technology and innovation for openness and accountability.
2nd National Action Plan
Whistleblower Reforms
Reforms to Australian whistleblower legislation were passed by the Australian Parliament on 19 February 2019. The passage of this legislation completes the final milestone for commitment 1.1. ‘Improve whistleblower protections in the tax and corporate sectors’ in the first National Action Plan.
Commitment 1.1
Open Government
Open Government is a partnership between Government and Civil Society that helps to make Government in Australia more transparent, accountable and publicly engaged.
Open Government Forum
Open Government Partnership
The Open Government Partnership formally launched on September 20, 2011. Since then, 79 OGP participating countries and 20 subnational governments have made over 3,100 commitments to make their governments more open and accountable.
Consultations
Australia’s leadership
Australia has been a member of the Open Government Partnership since 2015. In that time we delivered two National Action Plans, comprising a total of 23 commitments, which have helped to make Australia more transparent, accountable and publicly engaged.
National Action Plans
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Open Government Commitment Dashboards

Australia's first
Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18

Completed but delayed

5.2 - Enhancing public participation in government decision making

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Completed

5.1 - Delivery of Australia’s Open Government National Action Plan

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Completed

4.3 - Open contracting

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Delayed

4.2 - National Integrity Framework

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Delayed

4.1 - Confidence in the electoral system and political parties

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Completed

3.3 - Improve the discoverability and accessibility of government data: Public data

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Completed

3.3 - Improve the discoverability and accessibility of government data: Grants

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Completed

3.3 - Improve the discoverability and accessibility of government data: Environmental information

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Completed

3.3 - Improve the discoverability and accessibility of government data: Corporate and administrative reporting

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Completed

3.3 - Improve the discoverability and accessibility of government data: Archived records

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Completed

3.2 - Understand the use of freedom of information

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Delayed

3.1 - Information management and access laws for the 21st century

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Completed

2.3 - Digitally transform the delivery of government services

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Completed but delayed

2.2 - Build and maintain public trust to address concerns about data sharing and release

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Delayed

2.1 - Release high-value datasets and enable data-driven innovation

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On-track

1.4 - Combating corporate crime

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Delayed

1.3 - Extractive industries transparency

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Delayed

1.2 - Beneficial ownership transparency

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Completed but delayed

1.1 - Improve whistleblower protections in the tax and corporate sectors

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