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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

160 blank pages: the federal government's response to Port FOI request

The federal government has been accused of erecting a wall of secrecy around the details of a $250million Port of Newcastle container terminal funding package.

The Newcastle Herald sought information about the previous government's infamous abandoned funding plan for the port via a Commonwealth Freedom of Information application to the Department of Infrastructure.

In response we received 160 pages that had been completely redacted.

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