Professor John Denison McMillan (born September 17, 1949) was the Acting New South Wales Ombudsman.

Early life and education

McMillan was born in September 17, 1949. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1970 and later he pursued a law degree from the same university.

Career

He was appointed in August 2015 for a two-year term. He was formerly the Australian Information Commissioner from 2010 to 2015; the Commonwealth Ombudsman from 2003 to 2008; and the Integrity Commissioner (Acting) for the

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in 2007. McMillan is an Emeritus Professor at the

, where he taught administrative and constitutional law from 1983 to 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. McMillan is a co-author of a leading student text, ''Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and Commentary (2015, 4th ed).'' 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. He was made an

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(AO) in the Australia Day Honours List 2010 for his work as Ombudsman, academic and in professional societies. McMillan was a founding member in the 1970s of the Freedom of Information Campaign Committee which led the public campaign for enactment of the

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Ombudman investigations

McMillan investigated the use of ' listening devices' against police officers engaged in by

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during Operation Mascot, tabling his report to NSW Parliament on 20 December 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McMillan, John Living people Academic staff of the Australian National University Australian public servants Officers of the Order of Australia 1949 births