Open and Shut: Open data tick for Australia but information on foreign aid short of the standard

"Mixed results for Australia in two reports released in the lead up to the Open Government Partnership Summit in London: a comparative good showing on publication of government data, but just making it into the fair group for transparency in the publication of information on our foreign aid program in accordance with the international standard. One recommendation to lift performance in that area is that Australia's OGP national action plan should include 'stretch commitments' to reach the standard. Would be great to hear from that sector as CSO interest in the OGP sparks up.  The Open Knowledge Foundation 2013 Open Data Index, shows that 'governments are still not providing enough information in an accessible form to their citizens and businesses.' Australia  and New Zealand tied eighth of 70 countries behind the UK, US, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden. We bombed out on transactional level month to month government expenditure on specific items ..."