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Bryce Edwards: Reforming the Official Information Act is a democratic test for Labour

Labour has stalled on its promise to rewrite the Official Information Act, a vital piece of machinery for democracy that is in terrible disrepair, Bryce Edwards writes. ....

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Official Information Act review deferred because of justice ministry policy work overload

“The Justice Policy Group s constrained capacity is at the core of our need to heavily prioritise our work,” a briefing document said.
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In 2019, Justice Ministry officials recommended the Official Information Act should be reviewed.
Somewhere in that prioritisation process, the OIA review moved from promise to “potential project” and it was not included in the policy work programme for 2021-2023.
Instead, it was listed as one of eight projects “paused or deferred until resources become available”. The other seven affected projects were redacted.
Asked what those projects were, Justice Ministry Deputy Secretary for Policy Rajesh Chhana provided a seven-line response that did not answer the question. ....

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Official Information Act review kicked down the road

A spokesman for Faafoi said the minister was working with Justice Ministry officials to decide his priorities.
“There is a significant workload in the Justice portfolio, including work relating to the Government’s Covid-19 response and election commitments for such issues as family justice reform and looking at whether New Zealanders want changes to the country’s electoral law, including a shift from three-year parliamentary terms to four-year terms.”
Open government advocate Andrew Ecclestone was disappointed the review was being kicked down the road, as “it is clear that there are improvements needed to the Official Information Act”.
In September 2020, he received a Law Foundation grant to lay the groundwork for new open government laws. ....

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