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The Cabinet Files show that we need to change the nature of record-keeping

Written by Paula Dootson, Research Fellow in the Chair in Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology

We need to redesign our records so that they are more accessible. shutterstock

Punishing the person or persons responsible for this week’s Cabinet Files leak does not address the underlying issue. The real problem is that the way governments and businesses keep records is broken.

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