Govt can’t pin down the bots it says are upending FoI


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Officials on Tuesday struggled to justify the government’s heavily criticised Freedom of Information reforms, including not being able to attribute a confirmed instance of bots or AI lodging requests.

Albanese government ministers have claimed the technologies are being used to clog the FoI system with vexatious and frivolous requests, and are one of the key reasons for its planned overhaul.

The government’s proposed changes would introduce new fees and remove …

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