Honest Government Ad | Freedom of Information Laws
The Government has made an ad about our Freedom of Information laws, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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👉 SOURCES & FURTHER READING
🔹 Make sure to follow Rex Patrick who has been doing incredible work in the FOI space:
🔹 Rex Patrick has written several articles for Michael West Media about his FOI adventures, here's the one about Albo's diary:
🔹 Michael West Media is one of the few media outlets focusing on FOI:
🔹 Crikey also did a whole series on FOI laws:
🔹 OAIC, How to make an FOI request:
🔹 Freedom of Information Act, 1982:
🔹 “Civil society open letter urges Attorney-General to fix broken Freedom of Information system“
🔹 Grata Fund “FOI Litigation Hit-list“ (2021 but still mostly current):
🔹 OAIC Annual report 2022-23:
🔹 The Australia Institute, “Nothing to see here“ (2023):
🔹 Centre for Public Integrity, “Another year of a broken FOI scheme“:
🔹 Senate inquiry into FOI laws (which Labor tried to block):
🔹 Guardian, “Australia’s freedom of information system ‘dysfunctional and broken’, inquiry finds“
🔹Guardian, “Australian FoI loophole to deny access to documents closed in ‘transformative’ ruling“
🔹 Kieran Pender, “Whistling in the dark“:
🔹 Karen Middleton, “The legal battle for freedom of information“:
🔹 Rex Patrick, podcast interview (March 2024):
👉 CREDITS
🔹 Produced by Patrons of The Juice Media
🔹 Written by Giordano for The Juice Media
🔹 Performed by Ellen:
🔹 Voice by Lucy
🔹 Main theme music by RNDMusic:
🔹 Inspiring music segment by Pepe Pérez: