JSB171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Sound Recording And Reproduction, Australia Post
Document Summary
But governments often hold information about private enterprise: imposes positive obligation to publish information, imposes limitations on the general right of access, mechanism to have documents about oneself corrected (now in information privacy. Act (qld): related legislation, public materials becoming available after 30yr period, etc: archives act (cth) & public, privacy legislation: privacy act (cth) & information privacy act (qld) Reform: 2008: solomon report recommendations to improve freedom of information act, abuse of cabinet exception (s 36 of foi act, culture of secrecy agencies looking for exception in act. Mere submission to cabinet was sufficient to exempt it from foi: right to information act (push model) introduced, replacing foi act (pull model, also enacted information privacy act (qld) Lwb335 administrative law: grounds for refusal to be interpreted narrowly: s47(2)(a, may give access even if ground for refusal applies: s47(2)(b, offence to direct to find an exemption to avoid having to disclose information: s175.
