Prof John McMillan AO is the inaugural Australian Information Commissioner. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is responsible for freedom of
information, privacy protection and advice to government on information management policy.
John was formerly the Commonwealth Ombudsman (2003–2010); and the inaugural Integrity Commissioner (Acting) for the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (2007). John is a member of the Administrative Review Council, which advises the Government on administrative law reform; and he chairs the Information Advisory Committee and the Privacy Advisory Committee.
John is an Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University; a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia; a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law; and former President of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law. He is co-author of a leading student text, Control of Government Action (3rd ed). In the 1970s, John was a founding member of the Freedom of Information Campaign Committee, which led the public campaign for enactment of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
Mr Timothy Pilgrim was appointed as Privacy Commissioner on 19 July 2010 and was first appointed to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner as Deputy Privacy Commissioner in February 1998. Prior to this Timothy held senior management positions in a range of Australian Government agencies, including the Small Business Program within the Australian Taxation Office and the Child Support Agency.
