‘A win for democracy’: Labor abandons freedom of information law changes that would have reduced transparency Katy Gallagher says Albanese government still committed to reform and flags new fixes to system ‘stuck in the 1980s’

A win for democracy’: Labor abandons #freedom_of_information law changes that would have reduced #transparency

The #Labor government has dumped its controversial changes to the freedom of information request system, which would have further reduced transparency

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Labor plans to make it harder to access government information A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.

#Labor plans Freedom of Information changes to make it harder to access government data

Details of the government's actions and the advice of public servants could be more easily hidden under a new Albanese government proposal to weaken #Freedom_of_Information laws

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#AI #GenAI #Internet_Arcives #WayBackMachine #OpenAI #Freedom_of_information #Free_information_wants_to_be_free

Thank you for tying the two together. Haven't read the thread yet, but I'm very concerned about the repeated assaults on the Internet Archive, among other things.

#Freedom_of_Speech requires
#Freedom_Of_Information

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