FOI in the news

FOI based stories in the media over the last week included reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, “Sartor quits his fight to hide tobacco”, “ Sartor ignored warning about smoking ads”and reports that 124 Child care centres are below basic hygiene, safety and staffing standards; in the Daily Telegraph that cane toads have been among the beneficiaries of bridges and tunnels built to protect native species in the Pacific Highway upgrade; in the Australian and Hobart Mercury that a briefing note warned the Health Minister that overseas trained doctors at the Royal Hobart Hospital were not competent in basic hospital procedures.