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Strip searching children continues despite Minns’ review into the practice
Queensland Information Commissioner Appointed
Blackburn South Scouts Hall – Backgrouund
Exposed: The grim reality for 5.5 billion wild animals on profit-driven wildlife farms
Woodside Still Ignoring Community And Climate Science
Victoria Should Consider Proactive Disclosure to Unclog FOI System
Rex Patrick’s FOI Case Part of Broader Case for Urgent FOI Reform
Upholding Integrity Of Public Sector Information
Blackburn South Scouts Hall – statement
Australia?s FOI Act not fit for purpose in age of automation
Jacinta Allan must explain secret deals with Tennis Australia worth more than $100 million
Papalia referred to Corruption and Crime Commission over creating ‘home invasion’ risk
IT’S OFFICIAL: WA Cops admit Papalia’s maps ‘endanger public safety’
JOINT RELEASE: Democracy groups call on Government to overhaul broken FOI system in line with inquiry report
Freedom of Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner appointments
Victoria Police numbers continue to fall under Labor
Pezzullo reports are symptomatic of widespread attacks on press freedom in Australia
Public hospitals plagued by rodents under the Andrews Government
Broken health system leads to 120 years’ worth of ambulance ramping
Accountable governance requires effective FOI
South Australia Proves Australia’s Freedom of Information System can be Fixed
Chief Minister and Attorney-General
Council’s call for practical timber transition continues
Changes to certain application fees
NDIS families call for the gutting of the Department of Child Protection
Damning evidence of massive private school overfunding
Upcoming changes to application fees
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS DECLINE REQUEST FOR IN-PERSON COMMUNITY CONSULTATION ON MASSIVE SEISMIC BLASTING PROPOSAL IN OTWAYS
REX PATRICK CALLS FOR PROPER OAIC FUNDING AFTER THE COURT FINDS THAT RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH FOI DELAYS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT
Profit-Price Spiral an Inconvenient Truth for Big Business: Economists
Livelihoods destroyed at hands of Victorian Premier
RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PATIENTS WELCOMED IN FEDERAL BUDGET
Bolstering Australia’s national privacy and FOI regulator
World Press Freedom Day 2023: Australia going backwards on press freedom
High Commissioner statement: World Press Freedom Day
New laws boost protections for people to engage with Royal Commission
Lengthy Delays Undermine Confidence in Australian FOI Process
HRA exposes macaque deaths at Gippsland primate breeding facility
OVIC slaps down VicForests’ obstructive approach to FOI
Title: Assistant Manager Procurement, Governance and Risk
Government’s head in sand as key workers desert NSW
Fund the Picton Bypass says Mayor, as Wollondilly bypassed with lack of WESTINVEST grant funding
Senior Information, Risk and Compliance Advisor
1992 – Goss Government surges forward with reforms
Researchers’ interactive map reveals hotels used for immigration detention in Australia
Vienna Conference on Safety of Journalists, Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
OAIC annual report highlights its important work for community
Mickleham reprioritisation to help fix health crisis