[LINK] The OAIC's Advisory Committees

[Roger Clarke]

There continues to be a 4-member Privacy Advisory Committee to the OAIC:
http://www.privacy.gov.au/aboutus/pac

There's now a heavier and larger Information Advisory Ctee to the OAIC:

Information Advisory Committee announced
http://www.ministerhomeaffairs.gov.au/www/ministers/oconnor.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2011_ThirdQuarter_29September2011-InauguralappointmentstoInformationAdvisoryCommitteeannounced

29 September 2011

Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan O'Connor today 
announced the first appointments to the new Information Advisory 
Committee.

The Committee is part of the Gillard Government's Freedom of 
Information reforms and will advise the Australian Information 
Commissioner and Committee Chair, Professor John McMillan AO, on 
matters relating to the management of government-held information. 

Its members are drawn from the public and private sectors and bring a 
wide range of relevant expertise and experience to their roles. They 
are:
*   The Hon Dr John Bannon AO, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Adelaide
*   Ms Anita Brown, Trade Marks Attorney, Philipps Ormonde Fitzpatrick
*   Ms Jenet Connell, Deputy Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation
*   Ms Stephanie Foster, Deputy Secretary, Department of Regional 
Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
*   Ms Elizabeth Kelly, Deputy Secretary, Attorney-General's Department
*   Ms Jill Lang, Consultant
*   Mr Peter Lewis, Executive Producer, Landline ABC News Brisbane
*   Ms Roxanne Missingham, Parliamentary Librarian, Parliamentary Library
*   Mr Alan Noble, Engineering Director, Google Sydney
*   Ms Kirstie Parker, Managing Editor, Koori Mail
*   Dr Ian Reinecke, Consultant, Director of Strategies and Solutions Group
*   Mr Edward Santow, Chief Executive Officer, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
*   Mr Michael Simpson, General Manager, Policy and Advocacy, Vision Australia


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