Plain money talk

Plain money talk
Plain language: Orwellian or commonsense? (Image: Getty)
David Chaplin
Watch your words. The language police are coming.It’s the law (see the Plain Language Act 2022).As per the legislation designed to make sense of government department guff – more formally, to “improve the accessibility of certain documents that they make available to the public” – all captured entities will have to appoint at least one plain language officer, or PLO, to:‘Educate’ government agency staff about the law;Handle public feedback on plain language compliance; and,Ensure their respective agenci...

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