Transparency International Australia (TI Australia) welcomes the Government’s proposed Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 but notes the Bill risks creating barriers to accessing information and scrutiny, rather than fixing the system.
Freedom of information
Legal organisations, freedom of information (FOI) experts and media groups are urging Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to publicly clarify the Government’s position on FOI reform.
Transparency International Australia is pleased to provide the following comments and recommendations as part of the consultation into modernising Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime.
HRLC, TIA and Griffith University make a series of recommendations for reforming Australian legislation pertaining to secrecy provisions.
Public access to official information, and open and transparent government more generally, are vital for preventing corruption from taking hold – and for uncovering it when it does. Corruption thrives where the community and the media do not have access to official information about how government is functioning.
We want to ensure Australia maintains important reforms aimed at ensuring effective citizen access to official information.