Saturday, June 06, 2009

Commercially sensitive documents exposed by FOI in Queensland - 5 June 2009

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Commercially sensitive documents exposed by FOI in Queensland - 5 June 2009

On 2 June 2009, the Queensland Parliament passed the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (the RTI Act) and Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (the IP Act). These Acts create significant changes to the Freedom of Information (FOI) regime in Queensland. People will now have access to the documents of agencies and ministers, unless on balance, release of the material can be shown to be contrary to the public interest.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.mallesons.com/publications/2009/Jun/9940860W.htm


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