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Monday, November 30, 2009

Pluses mostly, and room for debate on proposed changes to FOI charges

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As part of the reform initiative, the Federal Government has released the Freedom of Information (Fees and Charges) Amendment Regulations ...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

FOI on The National Interest

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I am interviewed about the new Federal Freedom of Information legislation on ABC Radio National's The National Interest-the program will...
Friday, November 27, 2009

SA District Court finds Ombudsman erred on privilege law

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One of the issues mentioned in the recent post about Freedom of Information issues in the South Australian Ombudsman's Annual Report ...

FOI Reform speeches

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The Second Reading speeches by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives yesterday ( links here) on...
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FOI features in journalism's Walkleys

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Michael McKinnon Congratulations to the Walkley Award winners, particularly Gary Hughes of The Australian, who took the Gold for his very ...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

FOI Reform Bill on Parliament's table just in the nick of time

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Good as its word - to do this in 2009 (says he eating humble pie having proclaimed on Monday it wouldn't happen) - the Government introd...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Federal Crimes Act and Allan Kessing

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Don't miss Allan Kessing tonight in the second program in the Law and Disorder series on SBS television at 8.30 PM (AEDT) , even if you...
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FOI Reform statement-details to come...Update:legislation tomorrow

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We know this last week of Parliament for the year is a stretch for all concerned, but Special Minister of State Senator Joe Ludwig managed t...

Victorian Tribunal equates public service advice with legal advice

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On several occasions the approach taken in some Victorian court and Tribunal decisions when applying public interest considerations in Fre...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Despite the talk, F for Fail on Federal FOI Reform by the end of 2009 (but see correction)

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The Prime Minister in his Garran Oration at the Australian Institute of Public Administration National Conference in Brisbane on Friday gav...

Climate change hack has an FOI angle

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The publication of email exchanges between scientists following a cyberattack on researchers at the Climatic Research Unit at the Universit...

NSW Committee proposes changes for lobbyists and political donations

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A NSW Parliamentary Committee inquiring into land dealings and planning decisions released an interim report that recommends Government acti...

Senate looking to muscle-up on refusal to answer

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The recent debate in the Senate about commercial in confidence claims as reasons for refusal to provide information in response to question...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Parliamentarians interests officially online-soon-maybe

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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Privileges and Members' Interests is warming to the idea of online publication of de...
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Automatic voter enrolment and related issues

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The NSW Government's move to legislate for automatic voter enrolment not only attracted the attention of those at the Australian Privacy...
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Big Brother 2009

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If you haven't seen them, The Australian Privacy Foundation Big Brother Awards returned this month after a couple of years break. Now ...

Victorian FOI reform still a long way off

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Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu announced yesterday plans to overhaul Freedom of Information if elected at next year's state e...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

FOI and two Ombudsman

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Annual reports released recently by the Commonwealth and South Australian Ombudsman both include information about Freedom of Information ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Boo, hiss....

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From the newsletter of Sydney's terrific Gleebooks, a note from the historian and archivist Baiba Berzins: "The National Archives...

Tasmania FOI envy- in Michigan

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We all have all heard stories about large Freedom of Information bills, but thanks to Rick Snell for this report of a $7 million charge by ...