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As a Canadian federal election year dawns, an alternative approach to freedom-of-information legislation is an urgent need.
There is a strong case to be made that WhatsApp messages are subject to the Freedom of Information Act in the same way as email and others forms of text messages.
It’s increasingly difficult for investigative journalists to hold governments to account – partly due to anti-terror and security laws making it harder for whistleblowers to act.
The actions of the Coalition government speak louder than words in its commitment to open government.
Successive Australian governments have dehumanised refugees and kept Australians in the dark about what really goes on in the offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.
Data-driven algorithms drive decision-making in ways that touch our economic, social and civic lives. But they contain inherent biases and assumptions that are too often invisible to the public.
Whether they charge for FoI searches or not, it’s still too hard to access government information.
Politicians hate secrecy when in opposition but grow to love it when in power.
The use of private messaging apps that bypass government IT raise troubling issues for oversight and freedom of information.
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.
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…
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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 History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research 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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Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, Monash University
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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Doctor of Law Candidate, University of Manitoba
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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