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The Latest Breaking News from Michelle Rowland

Grattan on Friday: Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?

A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat.

The Conversation

Board to take politics out of federal parole decisions

Parole for offenders convicted of federal crimes would be decided by an independent body in a government move as more child abusers and terrorists seek freedom.

AAP

Nation's military forces to be listed as a terror group

Iran's Revolutionary Guard will be formally listed as a terror organisation, after the group allegedly organised attacks on Jewish sites in Australia.

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Bots and bad actors cited in push for disclosure reform

A claim foreign agents and AI bots are abusing disclosure laws to access federal government information hasn't been backed up by top officials.

AAP

Labor’s proposed FoI clampdown ‘ripe’ for high court challenge, legal expert says

Move to further restrict access to documents prepared for government ministers may go against the right to political free speech

The Guardian - AU

Clive Palmer banks on Swiss strategy after court throws out $305bn mine compensation claim

Queensland mining magnate had been ordered to pay $13m after tribunal dismissed claim of being a ‘foreign investor’

The Guardian - AU

Clive takes legal stoush with government to Switzerland

Clive Palmer plans to fight an international tribunal's ruling he pay more than $13 million to the Commonwealth after it dismissed his "foreign investor" claim.

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Court says Clive not a foreign investor and must pay up

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay more than $13 million after an international tribunal dismissed claims he was a foreign investor.

AAP

Analysis recommends no price on freedom of information

Arguments for putting a charge on freedom of information applications to deter vexatious requests has been refuted by an independent analysis.

AAP

Lehrmann's claim after anti-corruption raid on home

Disgraced ex-political staffer Bruce Lehrmann is representing himself in a legal fight against the national anti-corruption watchdog after a raid on his house.

AAP

Australia agrees record payout for victims of illegal Robodebt scheme

Hundreds of thousands of Australians wrongly accused of owing welfare debts to share $475m compensation

The Independent UK

Government settles Robodebt class action appeal for $475 million in compensation

The federal government has reached a $475 million compensation settlement in an appeal case from the Robodebt class action.

The Conversation

Yes, freedom of information laws need updating, but not like the government is proposing

The issue of open government and Freedom of Information (FOI) is again in the news, after the federal government proposed major reforms to the system.

The Conversation

Controversial freedom of information fee laws may fail

A proposal to charge fees for freedom of information requests is expected to be blocked in federal parliament amid concerns over secrecy and accessibility.

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Ombudsman 'a promising step' to protect whistleblowers

A proposed whistleblower ombudsman could provide more support for those who expose corruption, but human rights advocates want reforms to go further.

AAP

Transparency tax: freedom of information fee pilloried

A proposal to impose a fee on Australians seeking access to Commonwealth documents has landed like a lead balloon as it's criticised for blocking transparency.

The Guardian - AU

Australia could be a ‘dumping ground’ for goods made for us with forced labour, anti-slavery tsar warns

Exclusive: Chris Evans says ‘blind spots’ in modern slavery laws means few prosecutions occur and some companies are ‘taking the mickey’ in their approach to reporting

The Guardian - AU

Here is what needs to be done to address Australia’s childcare abuse crisis - and politicians can’t say they didn’t know

Review after review has made recommendations to government that have never been implemented. It’s time to take childcare safety out of the too-hard basket and commit to real reform

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: states agree to close childcare ‘loophole’; Israeli minister calls protesters ‘useful idiots’; and New Caledonia’s vanishing heart

Michelle Rowland announced the ‘long overdue reform’ after a meeting of state and territory attorneys general on Friday

The Guardian - AU

About 30 withdraw from Bendigo writers festival over speaker code – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

States and territories agree to ‘long overdue’ reforms to working with children checks by year’s end, attorney general says

Michelle Rowland says ‘consistency’ across jurisdictions will ensure workers banned in one state or territory are ‘banned in all’, but rules out national scheme

AAP

Tougher national working with kids scheme by year's end

Australia will fast-track the rollout of reforms for working with children checks after the existing system was slammed by the prime minister as "hopeless".

The Guardian - AU

Famous influencers to wage ‘ground war’ on Australian government over social media ban, documents reveal

Julie Inman Grant said the laws would provoke a ‘lobbying surge’ brought on by concerns the ban would affect advertising revenue

The Guardian - AU

Children to be banned from having YouTube accounts as Albanese government backflips on exemption

Labor reverses earlier decision to exempt Google-owned platform from national social media youth ban in move communications minister says will make ‘positive difference’

The Guardian - AU

As Australia’s teen social media ban looms, here’s how the platforms are lobbying for an exemption

Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are running ads and events saying their services are safe for children – with the possibility of a legal challenge

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