PM: OGP goals "directly align with Australia's long, proud tradition of open and transparent government."
Consideration whether Australia should join the OGP takes years longer than a decision to go to war
Australia's fence sitting on where it stands on the Open Government Partnership continues to attract international interest. Included in commentary by Toby McIntosh in Washington last week was the response from the Department of Finance to the news, as McIntosh puts it, "that the OGP Steering Committee recently gave Australia until the end of October to indicate its intention to be an active member, or to join Russia as an OGP drop-out": “The Australian Government is positively inclined towards joining the Open Government Partnership but has yet to make a final decision,” the official said, adding, “The Government intends to form a view as soon as possible and will take as long as necessary.” As McIntosh received a response and having asked twice in recent weeks without success for answers from the Minister's office, this prompted me to try again, running these questions past the Media Centre: Has the government responded to the OGP Support Unit following repor
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