John McMillan (public servant)

Professor
John McMillan
AO
Photograph of John McMillan
Title Acting New South Wales Ombudsman
Term 2015 – present
Website ombo.nsw.gov.au

Professor John McMillan AO is the Acting New South Wales Ombudsman.[1] He was formerly the Australian Information Commissioner from 2010-2015; the Commonwealth Ombudsman from 2003–2010; and the Integrity Commissioner (Acting) for the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity in 2007. He is an Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University. He is co-author of a leading student text Control of Government Action.

Prof McMillan is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, where he taught administrative and constitutional law from 1983-2003. He has been a solicitor in private practice, a legal consultant to many parliamentary and governmental inquiries, and was active in public interest advocacy in promoting open government reform. Prof McMillan is a co-author of a leading student text, Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and Commentary (2015, 4th ed).

Prof McMillan is 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. Prof McMillan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours List 2010 for his work as Ombudsman, academic and in professional societies. He was also a founding member in the 1970s of the Freedom of Information Campaign Committee which led the public campaign for enactment of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Ron McLeod
Commonwealth Ombudsman
2003 – 2010
Succeeded by
Allan Asher
New title Australian Information Commissioner
1 November 2010 – 30 July 2015
Succeeded by
Timothy Pilgrim PSM
Preceded by
Bruce Barbour
Acting NSW Ombudsman
1 August 2015 – present
Incumbent
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