Tag: Freedom of Information

Government pulls FOI bill after Senate backlash

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Coalition and crossbench senators took a victory lap in federal parliament on Thursday after the government withdrew reforms to freedom of information laws, following months of opposition from politicians...

Public in the dark on govt automation tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Fewer than one in five government agencies are disclosing their authority to use automation technologies, a sweep of 23 agency websites shows, as government-wide reforms to improve transparency drag...

Govt’s FoI bot sufferer unaware of its problem

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia officials on Friday testified they did not know which government agency is struggling under the weight of AI generated Freedom of Information requests, despite it being their...

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

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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....

OAIC pitches tool to slash data breach notifications

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Almost one-fifth of notifications through Australia’s data breaches notification regime could be averted if a self-assessment tool being pitched by the privacy watchdog is taken up by the federal...

Cash’s captain’s pick FOI Commissioner out in a year

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner handpicked by the Morrison government two months before the election has resigned just a year into the job, saying he does not have...

OAIC resourcing inadequate as FOI burden grows: report

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is “increasingly burdened” by the weight of its freedom of information work and requires additional resourcing to fulfil its roles, according...

‘Extreme concern’ about FoI, privacy complaint backlog

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is facing a backlog in processing privacy and freedom of information complaints amid concerns the office is underfunded. Responding to a question...

FOI exemption on data sharing queried

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The privacy watchdog has urged the government to reverse its plan to exempt any information sent under its new data-sharing scheme from Freedom of Information requests. Legislation introducing a...