[LINK] Re: Rant: NSW School e-mails?

[Craig Sanders]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 01:10:55PM +0800, Jim Birch wrote:
> 'commerical in confidence'?
> 
> I take that phrase as indicating something somewhere between a trade 
> secret and an in-joke.

i always take it as a phrase meaning "a really convenient way for
any government to avoid their due diligence, public records, and FOI
obligations".

wanna do something evil/shady/shifty/dishonest/unpopular/whatever but
keep it a secret? easy, just outsource it and say that it's "commercial
in confidence". just keep repeating that phrase whenever anyone asks you
about it - works even in parliament.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)