Last year's council election campaign was run on a platform of increased transparency by many candidates and several community organisations also pushed for greater openness and accountability from the organisation. Council officers noted in their report there was a "wider community interest" in examining practices related to the classification, management and accessibility of information considered by the council. The officers stated the examination would be undertaken with a view to "enhancing the availability of information to the general public and improving the understanding of the circumstances when information should be maintained on a confidential basis - and for how long this should be the case".