Date: 11 Dec 2008, Filed under: Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) said that it was encouraging to see October mark the first rise in home lending since January, especially as the...
Date: 25 Jul 2008, Filed under: Intellectual Property, Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
Federal Cabinet Secretary, Senator John Faulkner, has announced the first stage in what he called "broad ranging" Freedom of Information (FOI) law ref...
Date: 05 Oct 2006, Filed under: Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls has announced documents were provided in 97.4 per cent of Freedom of Information access decisions in 2005-06, an increase...
Date: 21 Sep 2006, Filed under: Workplace Privacy, Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, and the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, Marie Shroff, have announced the signing of an agreement allowing...
Date: 25 Aug 2006, Filed under: Court Appearances, Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis, has made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department on the second exposure draft of the Anti-Money Laundering...
Date: 18 Jul 2006, Filed under: Court Appearances, Resisting Arrest, Divorce, Freedom of Information
Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, said the Commonwealth Government will not be amending the federal telecommunications interception regime to accommodate...
Date: 22 Jun 2006, Filed under: Workplace Privacy, IT, Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, said that apart from longstanding concerns about privacy, security and confidentiality,...
Date: 13 Jun 2006, Filed under: Administrative Law, Human Rights, Freedom of Information
Chair of the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF), Anna Johnston has said the Commonwealth Government's so-called ‘Access Card’ proposal "is...
Date: 08 Jun 2006, Filed under: Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
Federal Shadow Minister for Public Accountability and Human Services, Kelvin Thomson, said the Government's KPMG Smartcard Public Extract reveals that...
Date: 06 Jun 2006, Filed under: Administrative Law, Freedom of Information
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has announced that three out of four callers to a National Phone-in have nominated unsolicited telemarketing...
