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‘Attempts to manhandle me’: ex-FOI head’s fraught relationship with info counterpart

Leo Hardiman KC was a hotly anticipated witness appearing before the Senate inquiry into Australia’s broken FOI system.

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Media companies call for independent FOI commissioner to ‘champion’ accountability

Australian media organisations say they aren’t aware of any attempts by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to bring about reform.

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Jail break for Julian Assange?

Washington’s ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy says it’s possible Julian Assange could get a David Hicks-style plea deal to let him come back to Australia, and Bruce Lehrmann reckons he should get $6 million compensation because he ‘may never work again’.

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Lehrmann threatens to sue ACT’s DPP

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will sue for compensation if a report finds ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold acted with ‘malice’, and social anthropologist Peter Sutton says he was ‘set up’ in an ABC doco on Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu.

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Dutton has a dig at miner

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says some pro-Voice big companies are cowards ‘craving popularity’ by backing the Yes23 campaign, and gambling companies should pay for gamblers’ rehab and legal help.

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Rex Patrick to challenge denial of FoI requests based on ministerial portfolio changes

Court to consider rule that keeps large swathes of government documents secret by denying freedom of information requests

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Nats say No to Dutton

Nationals Leader David Littleproud does not and will not support Liberal Leader Peter Dutton’s claim the Voice will ‘re-racialise’ Australia, and Australians who rent pay nearly a third of their income to keep a roof over their heads.

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How non-government politicians use the FOI system to hold the government accountable

Whether it’s informing public policy debate or calling out broken election promises, FOI is a vital tool.

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‘Outrageous’ refusals, redactions, delays: inside the fight for FOI

Many freedom of information requests fall prey to obfuscation, evasion or flat-out rejection — including from the prime minister himself.

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‘The system is broken’: a landmark legal battle sets the stage for FOI reform

A Federal Court case on Australia’s FOI system gets to the heart of the delays suffered by journalists, politicians and everyday citizens.

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Ex-senator's freedom of information case thrown out

A judge has rejected former independent senator Rex Patrick's case against the Australian Information Commissioner over freedom of information request delays.

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FOI commissioner complained of being ignored and ‘limited’ staff before resigning, tense emails reveal

Exclusive: Correspondence shows Leo Hardiman expressed frustrations to agency head Angelene Falk

The Guardian - AU

Location for nuclear subs base 'close to a decade' away as selection process rebooted

All potential options for an east-coast nuclear submarine base will be back on the table as the federal government moves to restart the selection process.

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Michaelia Cash and the ‘far-right fringe’

Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash is accused of associating with the ‘far-right fringe’ after appearing on former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi’s Sky News show when the Voice to Parliament was compared with apartheid, and PM Anthony Albanese will publicly swear allegiance to King Charles III at Saturday’s coronation.

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Fires, floods, and maintenance delays keep Australia's submarines out of the water as navy begins 'high risk' nuclear transition

Until Australia's submarine fleet can go nuclear the navy must keep its near-retirement vessels deployable. It's been a struggle.

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Rex Patrick drops legal challenge to City of Adelaide lord mayoral election result

Former senator Rex Patrick withdraws a legal challenge to the outcome of the recent Adelaide lord mayoral election in which he was narrowly defeated, saying evidence from SA's Electoral Commission indicated he had little chance of success.

The Guardian - AU

Greens attack Albanese government’s ‘deeply unsettling’ secrecy on submarine nuclear waste plans

Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council also warned against cloak of national security to ‘mask inadequate radiation safety protection’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s FOI backlog: 587 cases remain unresolved more than three years on

Evidence given to federal court reveals extensive delay in the review process, including 42 freedom of information cases languishing for five years

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Former senator takes fight over FOI delays to court

Former independent senator Rex Patrick is suing the Australian Information Commissioner over FOI delays. He claims some were delayed by more than 1000 days.

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Delays plaguing Australia’s FOI system preventing scrutiny of government, Rex Patrick says

Former senator tells federal court that delays in the review process is crippling the system

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Michael Pascoe: Hurt feelings overwhelm media’s ability to weigh Paul Keating’s substance

Paul Keating opened the door to the unexamined question of how we arrived at this point, both nationally and within the Labor Party.

Newcastle Herald

Sub uncertainty may sink port plans

There are details that must be kept secret in the national interest, the sub base is not one of them.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle battling with Port Kembla as preferred East Coast subs base

Rex Patrick decries subs base 'secrecy'

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Concerns Port Kembla could be a military target if it becomes an Australian nuclear submarine base

The NSW Ports boss says she has been kept in the dark by Defence about whether it will host a nuclear submarine base at Port Kembla, despite reports the port is now firming up as the preferred location.

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Labor rolls out the barrel

Labor has been accused of pork-barrelling with funds to improve mobile phone coverage in regional areas, and Liberal MP Bridget Archer is reportedly in danger of being dumped because of her habit of voting against party policy.

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