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	<title>Crikey &#187; freedom of information</title>
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		<title>ABC FOI bid could reveal David and Margaret&#8217;s tax: union</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/10/abc-foi-bid-could-reveal-margaret-and-davids-tax-union/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/10/abc-foi-bid-could-reveal-margaret-and-davids-tax-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Knott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPSU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The union representing ABC employees has backed the public broadcaster's bid to block an FOI request that would reveal the salaries of ABC staff, saying it would set a dangerous precedent.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/10/abc-foi-bid-could-reveal-margaret-and-davids-tax-union/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Hacking democracy&#8217;: a tool to streamline our Right To Know</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/28/a-tool-to-make-our-right-to-know-a-little-easier-to-find/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/28/a-tool-to-make-our-right-to-know-a-little-easier-to-find/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right to Know]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=334284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new website from OpenAustralia makes it easier to submit freedom of information requests -- and the process becomes more transparent.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are the govt&#8217;s Assange redactions unjustified?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/27/govts-enthusiastic-assange-redactions-appear-unjustified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/27/govts-enthusiastic-assange-redactions-appear-unjustified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney-General's Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=305945</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New FOI documents on Julian Assange reveal little -- except the breadth with which bureaucrats interpret FOI exemptions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/27/govts-enthusiastic-assange-redactions-appear-unjustified/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ex-Victorian premier: FOI &#8216;has been allowed to wilt&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/24/ex-victorian-premier-foi-has-been-allowed-to-wilt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/24/ex-victorian-premier-foi-has-been-allowed-to-wilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dodd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Cain]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=287005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Victorian premier John Cain has condemned "political apparatchiks" for "trashing" freedom of information laws, one of the major reforms of his term in office.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/24/ex-victorian-premier-foi-has-been-allowed-to-wilt/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Government ducks and weaves on Assange</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/18/julian-assange-freedom-of-information-requests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/18/julian-assange-freedom-of-information-requests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attorney-General's Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WikiLeaks news]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=285897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After extraordinary delays in responding to FOI requests about Julian Assange, the government has served up a whole lot of nothing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/18/julian-assange-freedom-of-information-requests/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Uni of Canberra &#8216;restructure&#8217; &#8230; and how students were warned off the story</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/10/uni-of-canberra-restructure-and-how-students-were-warned-off-the-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/10/uni-of-canberra-restructure-and-how-students-were-warned-off-the-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information request]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university of canberra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to avoid the "legal burden" of FOI, the University of Canberra has pressured four students into withdrawing applications on planned cuts. But <b>Lauren Ingram</b> didn't back down.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/10/uni-of-canberra-restructure-and-how-students-were-warned-off-the-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Exposed! The secret Crikey ABC emails the Herald Sun wants you to see</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/exposed-the-secret-crikey-abc-emails-the-herald-sun-wants-you-to-see/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/exposed-the-secret-crikey-abc-emails-the-herald-sun-wants-you-to-see/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herald Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Scott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=232852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Herald Sun journalist has lodged a Freedom of Information request with the ABC for all emails and other correspondence between me, other Crikey staff and Mark Scott and the ABC’s public relations people.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/01/exposed-the-secret-crikey-abc-emails-the-herald-sun-wants-you-to-see/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>FOI: to know what&#8217;s right to know</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/11/foi-to-know-whats-right-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/11/foi-to-know-whats-right-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comments & corrections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right to know coalition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/11/foi-to-know-whats-right-to-know/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Friday arvo document dumps subvert FOI reform: editors</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/friday-arvo-document-dumps-subvert-foi-reform-editors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/friday-arvo-document-dumps-subvert-foi-reform-editors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Cowie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information laws]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=216446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon has become the time du jour for government departments to publish potentially damaging FOI documents.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/04/08/friday-arvo-document-dumps-subvert-foi-reform-editors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hartigan gives the government an FOI report card: so where&#8217;s his?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2010/05/03/hartigan-gives-the-government-a-report-card-but-neglects-to-do-the-same-for-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2010/05/03/hartigan-gives-the-government-a-report-card-but-neglects-to-do-the-same-for-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 02:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of the press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hartigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Ltd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=135046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[News Ltd CEO John Hartigan has given the Rudd government a glowing report card on its press freedom efforts so far. But what grade would we give News Limited itself? asks <b>Margaret Simons</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2010/05/03/hartigan-gives-the-government-a-report-card-but-neglects-to-do-the-same-for-himself/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The secret life of secret-holders WikiLeaks</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/14/the-secret-life-of-secret-holders-wikileaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/14/the-secret-life-of-secret-holders-wikileaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral damage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Assange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks killing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whistleblower website <i>WikiLeaks</i> has exploded onto the world's media stage after releasing classified US military videos online last week. So just what -- or who -- is WikiLeaks? Where is it getting this stuff? And how does it get away with it?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/14/the-secret-life-of-secret-holders-wikileaks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is the Right to Know Coalition ready for the last rites?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/30/is-the-right-to-know-coalition-ready-for-the-last-rites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/30/is-the-right-to-know-coalition-ready-for-the-last-rites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia's Right to Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hartigan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the Right To Know Coalition, launched with such a fanfare by our major media companies just three years ago, now running dead?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/30/is-the-right-to-know-coalition-ready-for-the-last-rites/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Pentagon&#8217;s war on WikiLeaks</title>
		<link>http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks</link>
		<comments>http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pentagon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://wikileaks.org/">WikiLeaks</a> has long been pissing off governments by obtaining and publishing their secret and sensitive documents online. And as <a href="http://file.wikileaks.org/file/us-intel-wikileaks.pdf">this secret Pentagon report</a> [PDF] reveals, it hasn't gone un-noticed. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s secret iPhone Developer Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/iphone-developer-agreement/#ixzz0hsKTxErH</link>
		<comments>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/iphone-developer-agreement/#ixzz0hsKTxErH#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revealed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smart phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The previously secret agreement all Apple app developers are required to sign has been made public through a very clever legal loophole (the NASA app meant it was FOI-able). Read it in all its super-strict glory.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/iphone-developer-agreement/#ixzz0hsKTxErH/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who gets to meet David Bartlett?</title>
		<link>http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/who-gets-to-meet-premier-david-bartlett</link>
		<comments>http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/who-gets-to-meet-premier-david-bartlett#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bartlett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revealed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After <a href="http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/david-bartletts-appointments-diary-a-close-encounter-with-the-freedom-of-in">a long FOI battle</a>, <em>Tasmanian Times</em> has its hands on Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett's appointments diary. Read all the hot dates from little black book.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/who-gets-to-meet-premier-david-bartlett/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>FOI reform may undermine open government</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/03/foi-reform-may-undermine-open-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/03/foi-reform-may-undermine-open-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Simons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Ludwig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Expect some drama as the Freedom of Information reform Bill is debated in federal parliament, since an amendment that would fatally undermine the move to more open government has been slipped in.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/03/foi-reform-may-undermine-open-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Read the FBI&#8217;s Michael Jackson files</title>
		<link>http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jackson_michael.htm</link>
		<comments>http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jackson_michael.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revealed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The FBI has released 300-odd pages of its files on Michael Jackson. Read them all -- or just get the highlights <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b159257_michael_jackson_fbi_files_greatest_hits.html">here</a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jackson_michael.htm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Just who is a &#8220;journalist&#8221; in Australia?</title>
		<link>http://foi-privacy.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-journalist-yes-it-will-matter.html</link>
		<comments>http://foi-privacy.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-journalist-yes-it-will-matter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia's Right to Know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information act]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 <b>Peter Timmins</b>. Do Australia's bloggers also have a <a href="http://www.australiasrighttoknow.com.au/">Right to Know</a>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Millions of missing Bush emails uncovered</title>
		<link>http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1209/Deal_struck_to_restore_millions_of_Bush_WH_emails.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1209/Deal_struck_to_restore_millions_of_Bush_WH_emails.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105895</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-two million emails from the Bush White House have been found and restored, despite the administration's claims none were missing from the archives. It raises the question: what else has fallen through the cracks?]]></description>
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		<title>Big Brother 2.0</title>
		<link>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1234465/When-Lego-lost-head--toy-story-got-happy-ending.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1234465/When-Lego-lost-head--toy-story-got-happy-ending.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Governments and intelligence agencies are increasingly monitoring social media services like Twitter and Facebook to catch tax cheats, digital pirates and political protesters, according to the <em>NY Times</em>. Is it time to ask just who your friends and followers are?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1234465/When-Lego-lost-head--toy-story-got-happy-ending.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Qld Hansard a closed book to OpenAustralia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/qld-hansard-a-closed-book-to-openaustralia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/qld-hansard-a-closed-book-to-openaustralia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hansard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OpenAustralia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openaustralia.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland Hansard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland Parliamentary Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/qld-hansard-a-closed-book-to-openaustralia/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why won’t the Queensland Parliament allow OpenAustralia to publish the Queensland State Parliamentary Hansards? <i>Crikey </i> intern <b>Michelle Loh </b>investigates.

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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/qld-hansard-a-closed-book-to-openaustralia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public servants serve the public interest, period</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/public-servants-serve-the-public-interest-period/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/public-servants-serve-the-public-interest-period/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public servants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/public-servants-serve-the-public-interest-period/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public servants have a direct responsibility to act in the public interest in all aspects of their work, writes former public service commissioner <b>Andrew Podger</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/23/public-servants-serve-the-public-interest-period/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Faulkner flicks FOI exclusivity; bunfight begins!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/no-exclusivity-in-faulkners-new-world-of-gotcha-free-foi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/no-exclusivity-in-faulkners-new-world-of-gotcha-free-foi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Faulkner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/no-exclusivity-in-faulkners-new-world-of-gotcha-free-foi/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new era of transparency and openness sought by the media (and most prominently by the News Ltd dominated Right To Know Coalition) comes with an unexpected complication: now everyone can play.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/17/no-exclusivity-in-faulkners-new-world-of-gotcha-free-foi/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>TechCrunch release confidential Twitter documents</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/14/in-our-inbox-hundreds-of-confidential-twitter-documents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/14/in-our-inbox-hundreds-of-confidential-twitter-documents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of the press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Arrington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[techcrunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=73801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of pages of confidential internal documents from Twitter have been leaked to <em><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com">TechCrunch</a></em>, which they claim "rhave so much news value that we think it’s appropriate to publish them." And <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/15/final-tweet-the-twitter-reality-tv-show-pitch/">so</a> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/15/twitters-financial-forecast-shows-first-revenue-in-q3-1-billion-users-in-2013/">they</a> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/15/another-security-tip-for-twitter-dont-use-password-as-your-password/">have</a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/14/in-our-inbox-hundreds-of-confidential-twitter-documents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The BBC&#8217;s big spend</title>
		<link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/25/bbc-expenses-mark-thompson-private-jet-jana-bennett</link>
		<comments>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/25/bbc-expenses-mark-thompson-private-jet-jana-bennett#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public broadcasting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=69752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/running/executive/expenses.shtml">has published</a> five years' worth of expense claims made by its executive board members, totalling £363,963.83 and including a £100 bottle of champagne and a £500 handbag.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/25/bbc-expenses-mark-thompson-private-jet-jana-bennett/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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