We need to provide better laws to shield journalists and whistleblowers in Australia says ANU law student Lorraine Ingham after analysing how far Australia lags other English-speaking nations in protecting journalists and sources. Read article here (P…
FOI is under threat in most Australian jurisdictions. In WA, it’s crunch time for new FOI legislation, writes Murdoch University academic Dr John Lidberg in this article which first appeared in the West Australian. Meanwhile, in Victoria, Premier Brumby…
CLA strongly supports transparent and accountable government that, in part, is enabled by strong freedom of information legislation. CLA has welcomed the tabling of a Bill in the ACT Legislative Assembly that addresses the increasing tendency to reduce a…
CLA’s submission on the Australian Law Reform Commission’s legal privilege discussion paper supports a number of the draft proposals, and stresses how important the status of the privilege is as a fundamental human right. Given that, there would be few c…
Is the following document so secretative that the Department of Education and Training really believes you should not see it – form your opinion about what makes it?
Civil Liberties Australia has been an observer of the Freedom of Information reques…
The ACT Education Department and the ACT Government are refusing to be open and transparent, even over evidence given to a legal tribunal. They are trying to hide behind Freedom of Information laws, but the spirit of FOI legislation calls for disclosure…