Abstract
In 1994 the Sydney Yellow Pages telephone directory carried a listing for the Freedom From Information Act.1 The entry was inadvertent, although the error gratified more sceptical commentators. Such cynicism continues despite exhaustive official examinations of freedom of information (FOI) in Australia. Federal FOI legislation has been considered by no fewer than three internal official inquiries, one royal commission, two Senate committees, debates in four parliaments, reviews by two major external bodies, as well as scrutiny by the media and in academic forums. It has also been the focus of activism by public interest groups. No other single Act of parliament has been so debated. This chapter outlines the origins of freedom of information, before turning to examine the Act itself since its proclamation in 1982.
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