If it had become law, the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 would have allowed public servants to refuse anonymous FOI requests and any applications requiring more than 40 hours to process.

A test of democracy: We need to clearly define where privacy rights end and the public’s right to information begins in order to have a truly effective FOI law. — 123rf WHEN Wathshlah Naidu talks ...

It is unfortunate that the first act of the Marcos administration with regard to Freedom of Information (FOI) was to impose more limitations on documents and government-held information that the ...

The Albanese Government today finally admitted defeat and scrapped its toxic Freedom of Information bill after massive community backlash and almost unanimous opposition from all political parties ...

The Albanese government’s new plan to weaken freedom of information laws and charge journalists to access hidden documents is a disaster for public interest journalism, but a godsend for incompetent ...

Investigative reporters Guy Basnett and Paul McNamara (formerly of Open World News, now Channel 4 News) reveal how journalists can use the Freedom of Information Act to find great stories Imagine ...

More than 10 years ago, the Penang government implemented the Freedom of Information (FOI) Enactment to enable the public to access information from government departments. Before the bill became law, ...