The Information Commissioner, in her report, mentioned that “senior leadership is key to influencing corporate culture change” to actual compliance and timeliness under her act. We're now two defence ministers later—this was a 2020 report—and we hear the same complaints of slow service, intentional avoidance and the culture of secrecy that appear to apply to requests under both the Privacy Act and the Access to Information Act.
Do you agree that ministers must, and this is in her words, “see it as their responsibility to champion a new approach, and to adopt these tools and practices in order to effect the necessary changes within the department”.