Complaints about underresourced FOI system spike by 72% in a single year

Common concerns are about delays, charging of fees and use of ‘practical refusal’ grounds to deny freedom of information requests

Complaints about Australia’s freedom of information system spiked by 72% in a single year, heaping further pressure on an already under-resourced regulator.

The information commissioner received 62 complaints about the federal government’s handling of freedom of information requests last financial year, a jump from 36 the year prior.

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