No, not some sudden backflip by the Howard Government, reeling from widespsread criticism from Australian and international commentators (see this call for reform by Reporters Without Borders) about its FOI performance.
It's the UK Government that is throwing money into a study by the Constitution Unit of the University College London, to ascertain what's happened since the Act came fully into force in January Last year.
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