Is the following document so secretative that the Department of Education and Training really believes you should not see it – form your opinion about what makes it?
Civil Liberties Australia has been an observer of the Freedom of Information reques…
The ACT Education Department and the ACT Government are refusing to be open and transparent, even over evidence given to a legal tribunal. They are trying to hide behind Freedom of Information laws, but the spirit of FOI legislation calls for disclosure…
CLA President Dr Kristine Klugman has slammed proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws in the ACT to further restrict the public’s right to know what its government is up to. Governments, Labor and Liberal, throughout Australia were abusing FOI, a…
Each Australia Day, CLA suggests initiatives to make Australia work better. In 2007, we propose recouping Immigration bonuses paid wrongly to senior staff who deported Australians, ending the practice of the Customs Service censoring books (which is not…
Read this rundown by Sydney Morning Herald columnist Richard Ackland on what concerns civil libertarians.
If you can’t get through to the SMH site, you can read it here.
Politicians in power tend to regard the disclosure of information about their activities as a subversive tactic of their rivals and opponents…A contempt for opponents easily leads to a contempt for accountability and for accountability processes,"…
CLA has lodged its first submission to the Consumer and Privacy Taskforce on the ID card. Lodgement followed a meeting with Task Force Member John TD Wood and official Ben Battison earlier in July. The meeting clarified viewpoints on both sides, and will…