In a year and a half the Abbott government managed, in practice, to undo the painstaking reforms of the federal Freedom of Information (FOI) system.
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Cancer Council Victoria is contesting British American Tobacco’s request for survey data about teenagers’ smoking habits. Here’s the story of a UK research group who faced a similar request.
Restricting entities such as tobacco companies’ use of FOI laws is not the best legal response if it helps public bodies generally become more secretive.
Defenders claim Prince Charles was just trying to educate himself. But shouldn’t he know better?
The idea of the right to know as the ‘lifeblood of democracy’ is a surprisingly modern development. And in an age when transparency is prized, privacy and secrecy can still be justified in many cases.
The British public have come to expect impartiality from the monarchy under Elizabeth II.
In the UK, thanks to the freedom of information (FoI) laws, the right to know has become routine. Ten years old this month, freedom of information laws have enabled us to inspect a public document, obtain…
The disclosure of the full business case for the East West road link in Melbourne confirmed what many had suspected – the project is a dud. The release also unequivocally shows that the Victorian Freedom…
A fundamental lack of trust is at the heart of Australian politicians’ extremely poor reputation. It is the main reason why people’s opinions about their elected representatives have mutated from healthy…
A Freedom of Information request lodged on a quiet news day by a journalist has revealed that more than 800 police officers in England and Wales have been investigated for breaching social media guidelines…
A matter concerning Prince Charles, letters written to government ministers and a bid by the Guardian to make them public has been playing out in British courts and the media for the past few years. It…
Privacy – in our bedrooms, at work, on the street and on the internet – is important to everyone. But every week brings another story demonstrating the ongoing shredding of privacy that undermines those…
It is remarkable how complacent Australia’s media has been in response to the federal government’s brazenly cynical suppression of information about asylum seeker boat arrivals. There were a few indignant…
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London
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PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway
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Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
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Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, University of Salford
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
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Industry Fellow, UNSW Canberra Cyber, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Law, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus, Geography and Environmental Studies, and President, Information Research Board, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of History (Archival Studies), University of Manitoba
