Victoria’s bureaucrats frequently used the Freedom of Information Act as an “information protection system”, Ombudsman George Brouwer said in his 2011 annual report, writes Grace Darken, a Swinburne University student.
Freedom of information act
Friday arvo document dumps subvert FOI reform: editors
Friday afternoon has become the time du jour for government departments to publish potentially damaging FOI documents.
Just who is a “journalist” in Australia?
Changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information legislation next year will make it easier for journalists to access government documents — but just who does the government consider a “journalist”? asks Peter Timmins. Do Australia’s bloggers also have a Right to Know?
Faulkner’s Freedom of Information shake-up
The Commonwealth Freedom of Information regime faces its biggest shake-up since its inception under draft legislation unveiled by John Faulkner today, writes Bernard Keane.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
