Administrative Release of Information

Administrative Release is providing access to information outside of processes such as FOI, public registers or other agency specific legislation.  This process can be proactive or in response to a request.  It enables better public engagement and participation in government decision and policy making.

Our Administrative Release of Information Guideline provides agencies with general advice about the release of government information to the public.  It discusses:

• authorisation
• appropriate and inappropriate information for administrative release
• developing a relevant internal policy
• fees and charges and
• relevant legislation and policies.

Disclosure of regularly requested information (PC035)

The Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC) circular 35 – Proactive Disclosure of Regularly Requested Information (PC035) describes:

• the type of information to be disclosed (such as credit card, travel and mobile phone expenditure)
• disclosure frequency and the format it should be published
• how it should be published and accessed (including fees and charges)
• security and information management requirements
• publication templates.

PC035 also includes the list of agencies that must comply with the policy and the requirements to publish the data sets on their websites monthly.

The Proactive disclosure of regularly requested information helps agencies interpret and implement PC035.

Agencies that are not subject to PC035 are encouraged to consider proactively releasing this information on their websites.

PC045 - Disclosure logs

PC045 sets out the policy for proactive disclosure of FOI application information on state government agency websites. See Disclosure Logs for more information.