Catherine Fletcher

Privacy commissioners from around the nation have promised a consistent approach to accessing records of Stolen Generations survivors. 

Information commissioners and ombuds from Australia and New Zealand have called on government agencies to do more to make information accessible to the public. As part of International Right to Know Day, which took place on 28 September, the leaders have encouraged agencies to take a “proactive approach towards releasing information”.

Catherine Fletcher has been named Western Australia’s Information Commissioner for a five-year term commencing 16 July.