FOI
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Australia
MPs blast potential legal bill for FOI request
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has been asked to stop an “unprecedented and existential threat” to Australia’s freedom of information system amid…
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FOI to die? Albanese’s nuclear strike on transparency
The Albanian Government is so determined to keep AUKUS’s nuclear waste plans secret that it has appealed to the Federal…
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Controversial wombat report lacked population data, FOI docs reveal
The ACT member says the issue of culling is being moved to “quite worryingly”.
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Australia
The Oz’s dodgy maths, an FOI fracas, and Senate hit in the NACC
FOI vulnerabilities: He speculates that a Senate hearing failed to get to the bottom of who in the Attorney General’s…
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Australia
Department delayed the release of an FOI (into FOI) ahead of Senate estimates
Some advice for public officials ahead of budget estimates.
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Our FOI system is broken — just the way government likes it
The auditor general can present surprises, sometimes even uncovering a scandal: political, financial or personal. Is it political? Consider the…
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Australia
Secrecy culture vs transparency. Albanese’s FOI cost scam
The Albanian Government claims that the Freedom of Information system costs a lot, but it is privacy that costs us…
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Australia
Analysis: FOI ruling shakes up WA law
ANALYSIS: WALGA’s status as an agency independent of the public sector has been challenged in a recent decision in the…
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Australia
The FOI commissioner wants fewer requests, but not in the way you think
Can a new strategy revive faith in government accountability?
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Australia
Government is discussing giving Trump our data, FOI delays prove
So far the Albanian government has steadfastly refused to acknowledge that it negotiated with the Trump administration to give agencies…
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