The federal government wants to charge for making FOI requests. Ridiculous for a government allegedly committed to transparency. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/freed...
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With a Labor like this, who needs a coalition?
sep 1, 2025, 7:40 pm • 2 0 • view
Didn't Howard try and introduce fees? Or was it phoney rabbit?
sep 3, 2025, 6:37 am • 0 0 • view
To be fair, it must cost taxpayers a lot, considering the man-hours it takes to actively delay all those FOI applications.
sep 1, 2025, 9:54 pm • 3 0 • view
It's Trump's "business model": Charge (more) for everything and cut spending (including debts commitments, and promises).
sep 1, 2025, 11:12 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm Australian and talking about the Australian government
sep 1, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
LOL. So which is copying the other? lol
sep 1, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, if it were a democrat that was under suspicion, I'm sure the fees would be waived but since it's Old Donald under scrutiny, they 'll make it as difficult as possible.
sep 1, 2025, 11:07 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm Australian
sep 1, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
"foreign actors... criminal gangs" making FOI requests? wtf. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
sep 1, 2025, 10:35 pm • 14 1 • view
Ah yes, administration fees are the cutting edge for thwarting foreign actors and criminal gangs!
sep 1, 2025, 10:41 pm • 4 0 • view
Wouldn't a rating system work better from the requester? Yes, Journalist request more, but they are validated, then weed out the randoms?
sep 1, 2025, 10:41 pm • 0 0 • view
If it’s all information that legally should be transparent and open to the public…well suck it up Government.
sep 1, 2025, 10:38 pm • 1 1 • view
Transparency is dead. They will start rewriting history (aka1984) soon. Orwell was about 70 years off the date.
sep 2, 2025, 12:28 am • 0 0 • view