Honest Government Ad | FOI

The Government has made an ad about our Freedom of Information laws, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

👉 https://www.stopsecrecy.com.au

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👉 SOURCES & FURTHER READING
🔹 Make sure to follow Rex Patrick who has been doing incredible work in the FOI space: https://x.com/MrRexPatrick
🔹 Rex Patrick has written several articles for Michael West Media about his FOI adventures, here's the one about Albo's diary: https://michaelwest.com.au/pm-albanes...
🔹 Michael West Media is one of the few media outlets focusing on FOI: https://michaelwest.com.au/future-fun...
🔹 Crikey also did a whole series on FOI laws: https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/redac...
🔹 OAIC, How to make an FOI request: https://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-in...
🔹 Freedom of Information Act, 1982: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A...
🔹 "Civil society open letter urges Attorney-General to fix broken Freedom of Information system" https://jec.org.au/civil-rights/acces...
🔹 Grata Fund "FOI Litigation Hit-list" (2021 but still mostly current): https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net...
🔹 OAIC Annual report 2022-23: https://www.oaic.gov.au/__data/assets...
🔹 The Australia Institute, "Nothing to see here" (2023): https://australiainstitute.org.au/pos...
🔹 Centre for Public Integrity, "Another year of a broken FOI scheme": https://publicintegrity.org.au/labors...
🔹 Senate inquiry into FOI laws (which Labor tried to block): https://theconversation.com/frank-and...
🔹 Guardian, "Australia’s freedom of information system ‘dysfunctional and broken’, inquiry finds" https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
🔹Guardian, "Australian FoI loophole to deny access to documents closed in ‘transformative’ ruling" https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
🔹 Kieran Pender, "Whistling in the dark": https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2...
🔹 Karen Middleton, "The legal battle for freedom of information": https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/n...
🔹 Rex Patrick, podcast interview (March 2024): https://australiainstitute.org.au/pos...

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