Our Strategic Plan sets the direction and priorities for the next four years.
2025 - 2029 Strategic Plan
Strategies
- Proactively uphold and advance information access and information privacy rights to deliver impactful outcomes for the community.
- Promote within agencies a culture that values proactive and administrative release, as well as the early and effective resolution of privacy complaints.
- Conduct independent merit reviews using flexible approaches and clear, tailored responses to review applications.
- Review privacy complaints and data breach notifications, providing mediation or advice where appropriate.
- Provide independent advice on proposed legislative reform and policy initiatives to ensure information access and information privacy impacts are upheld.
How we measure success
- Applicant overall satisfaction with the service provided in assessment and conduct of external review of agency or Minister decisions about access to and amendment of government-held information under the Act.
- Percentage of finalised external review applications resolved informally without a decision.
- Percentage of external review applications finalised to received
- Agency overall satisfaction with the privacy complaint mediation service.
- Percentage of recommendations from regulatory performance monitoring activity (audit, investigation etc) implemented
- Number of submissions provided to promote government transparency and information privacy.
Strategies
- Build understanding and capability in information access and privacy rights through the delivery of accessible and effective information, education and engagement programs.
- Deliver accessible resources and training opportunities to build community and agency awareness and understanding of information access and privacy rights and responsibilities.
- Engage in, and where appropriate lead, professional networks to influence sectoral engagement with information access and privacy matters and promote best practice.
- Deliver a new website that provides accessible and customer-centric information and resources to meet the needs of the community and agencies.
How we measure success
- Agency overall satisfaction with the information resources provided by OIC
- Agency overall satisfaction with the Enquiries service
- Participant satisfaction with OIC training
- Participation volumes (training/events/web/engagements)
Strategies
- Advance effective and efficient regulatory practice and governance through risk-based, data-driven, and sustainable operations.
- Monitor, audit, review and report on agencies’ information management, access and privacy practices ensuring they comply with legislative obligations
- Establish case management systems that support performance reporting and identify emerging risks, issues and trends, and respond through data-driven decision making.
- Publish and promote our Regulatory Policy to provide transparency to the community and agencies on our risk-based approach to regulation.
How we measure success
- Number of regulatory oversight reports published
- Cost of providing advice and guidance per Enquiries service response
- Fiscally responsible delivery of budget.
Strategies
- Foster a workplace where staff are valued, empowered, and have the skills and confidence to respond to change in a complex environment.
- Maintain a diverse, skilled, safe and engaged workforce.
- Model a culture of integrity, accountability, respect and performance.
- Drive and embrace continuous improvement and innovation.
How we measure success
- Staff engagement score as reflected in Working for Queensland survey
- Proportion of staff with completed Personal Development Plan.
Opportunities
- Actively engaging with strategic stakeholders to promote proactive stewardship of information access and privacy rights where we can have the most impact for the community and the Queensland public sector
- Applying a risk based, intelligence-led approach to sectoral changes, such as artificial intelligence and cyber threats, affecting information access and privacy
- Maximising our use of data to provide targeted information, education and engagement activities, regulatory oversight and operational performance and reporting
- Investing in a future fit workforce to promote capability, safety, responsiveness and resilience
Challenges
- Maintaining independent and responsive service delivery in high demand and complex activity areas
- Public sector adoption of new technologies with insufficient regard to information access and privacy considerations (Privacy by Design and Transparency by Design)
- Maintaining sustainable ICT systems and protecting against cyber threats or information loss
- Developing workforce skills, capability and adaptability to meet future needs and succession planning