Good news for Freedom of Information

1points Posted 37 days, 7 hours ago by Bronwen

Federal Ministers and department heads will no longer have the power to refuse access to Federal Government documents they believe not to be in the public interest, in new freedom of information (FOI) reforms announced by Senator John Faulkner today.

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Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/22/2310872.htm

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