Australia’s freedom of information commissioner has quit after less than a year in the job, citing lengthy delays to information requests and his lack of power to fix a system that currently has ...
Details of the government's actions and the advice of public servants could be more easily hidden under a new Albanese government proposal to weaken Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. Attorney-General ...
Attorney general says online regulator received nearly 600 freedom of information requests in a short period of time from an ‘automated generator’ and ‘this is why the system is broken’ Follow our ...
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High time for FOI
It will undoubtedly stand as our strongest systemic infrastructural improvement in governance and the prevention of ...
A robust Freedom of Information (FOI) process ensures independent access to government-held information, empowering the public, political opposition and journalists to hold governments and other ...
Despite the Prime Minister promising to “bring transparency ” back into government after the “secrecy” of the Scott Morrison era, the government will on Wednesday present a bill to tighten Freedom ...
Victoria's information commissioner says the state's records system needs a dramatic overhaul to address delays. The state experienced a record number of FOI requests in the last financial year, ...
On 1 July 2026, the National Environmental Protection Agency (National EPA) was established. The National EPA is an independent statutory agency, separate from DCCEEW (our department), responsible for ...
On 1 July 2026, the National Environmental Protection Agency (National EPA) was established. The National EPA is an independent statutory agency, separate from DCCEEW (our department), responsible for ...
A test of democracy: We need to clearly define where privacy rights end and the public’s right to information begins in order to have a truly effective FOI law. — 123rf WHEN Wathshlah Naidu talks ...
Secure messaging services like WhatsApp often feature in the news in the context of their potential use by terrorists. But paradoxically they are now used increasingly by Commonwealth government ...
Should formal FOI access be required, preliminary enquiries may be made to the FOI Officer on telephone (03) 9905 5137. Formal FOI requests for access to university records under the Freedom of ...
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