IT Brief Australia - New report asks: How should the Australian Govt approach open data?

"How should Australian government organisations applying open data initiatives to support information sharing? That is the main question put forward by a number of NSW agencies in a new report.

The research report, titled Conditions Enabling Open Data and Promoting a Data Sharing Culture 2017, looks at how five international jurisdictions — New Zealand, the UK, US, France and Canada  — are using open data. 

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The report also suggests that New South Wales could take on practical aspects such as: 

• Adopting the International Open Data Charter
• Improving collaboration with the broader community, much like New Zealand’s ‘Social License’ initiative
• Taking an anticipatory approach to regulation to ensure privacy is maintained
• Publishing a complete catalogue of all datasets, including restricted datasets"