Published: January 13, 2019
Chronically understaffed watchdog’s office means backlog on decisions will worsen, ombudsman says
Academics and journalists say delays are crippling Tasmania’s freedom of information regime as new figures reveal the state’s understaffed public watchdog is struggling under the weight of its growing workload.
The lack of political transparency in Tasmania was laid bare in last year’s election, when voters were left unaware of the true influence of powerful gaming interests due to its weak and sluggish donation disclosure system, widely considered the worst in the nation.
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