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If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders.

Really, having a gun registry and having to rely on the government to keep it secret, the government isn't so great at keeping confidences.

The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons.